What is solar energy materials & solar cells?

An International Journal Devoted to Photovoltaic, Photothermal, and Photochemical Solar Energy Conversion Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells is intended as a vehicle for the dissemination of research results on materials science and technology related to photovoltaic, photothermal and photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion.

What is a solar cell?

Solar Cells, covering single crystal, polycrystalline and amorphous materials utilising homojunctions and heterojunctions, Schottky barriers, liquid junctions and their applications. Also of interest is analysis of component materials, individual cells and complete systems, including their economic aspects.

Can silicon sheets be used for solar cells?

Various substrate materials of different purity and surface roughness have been tested concerning their suitability for, silicon deposition, zone melting and solar cell process. Solar cell efficiencies up to 10.5% could be achieved on silicon sheets from powder, capped by an intermediate layer.

Can crystalline silicon solar cells be degraded?

[...] An experimental facility was developed to asses in situ the degradation of crystalline silicon solar cells, fabricated by the Solar Energy Group of the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), by measuring the current–voltage characteristic curve.

Can flexible thin film solar cells be used in space?

Flexible thin film solar cells have many promising applications in space and terrestrial photovoltaic power systems. In this work polycrystalline thin films of copper indium diselenide (CuInSe2) were deposited on flexible metal foil substrates using the selenization technique.

Which substrate materials are suitable for CuInSe2 solar cells?

Mo, Ti and Al foils were evaluated as possible substrate materials for CuInSe2 solar cells. Flexible devices of Mo/CuInSe2/CdS/ZnO heterojunction structure were fabricated on Mo foil substrates with a conversion efficiency of above 8%.