...Ahmad Umar, PhD; Vaishali Yadav, MSc; Vaibhava Srivastava, MSc; Sadanand, PhD; Pooja Lohia, PhD; Dilip Kumar Dwivedi, PhD; Ahmed A Ibrahim, PhD; Sheikh Akbar, PhD; Hussam Qasem, PhD; Sotirios Baskoutas, PhD In recent years, quantum dot solar cells have attracted attention due to their versatile...

...Pratap Kumar Dakua; Deepak Kumar Panda Copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) has commanded the next generation of solar cell materials because of its superior performance, lower cost and abundant availability on earth. This study examined the impact of different dopants in the buffer layer...

...Vishal R Mehta, PhD; Bhushan L Sopori, PhD; Nuggehalli M Ravindra, PhD Over the years, the photovoltaic market, worldwide, has been witnessing a double-digit growth rate. The silicon solar cell manufacturing technology has evolved to utilize raw materials optimally to address this growth. One...

... using the chemical bath deposition (CBD) method on a glass substrate for the transparent conductive oxide layer in solar cell application. The specimens were characterized by various instrumentation techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet (UV)–visible–near-infrared spectrometry and field...

... such as temperature, current and voltage by way of a sensor-based microcontroller device. Ergo, Arduino Uno is used for an ATmega328 microcontroller, voltage and current sensors are used to receive electric data that solar cells convert from solar radiation and a temperature and humidity sensor is used to collect...

...Leqi Lin, MSc; Nuggehalli M Ravindra, PhD Thin-film solar cells based on copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and perovskites continue to enhance their market share as promising energy conversion devices for indoor and outdoor applications. CIGS has been known for its high absorption coefficient...

...Utku Canci Matur; Nilgün Baydoğan Chalcopyrite copper indium gallium (di)selenide (Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ (CIGS)) thin film has been examined as an absorber layer for solar cells because of its suitable absorption value, stability and economy in manufacture. CIGS thin films belong to the I–III...

...Khaled Hamdani, PhD; Mohamed Adnane, PhD; Sabrina Sam, PhD; Denis Chaumont, PhD; Samia Belhousse, PhD; Fatma-Zohra Tighilt, PhD; Kahina Lasmi, MSc; Amal Hamrani, MSc Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on titanium (IV) oxide (TiO₂) nanoparticles and nanotubes (NTs) with different...

...Debraj Guhabiswas, PhD; Bhushan L. Sopori, PhD; Nuggehalli M. Ravindra, PhD Alkaline texture etching is a standard procedure for manufacturing solar cells with (100) oriented single-crystalline-silicon wafers as substrates. This is performed to reduce reflectance from the wafer surface. Alkaline...

...Vinay Budhraja, PhD; Durgamadhab Misra, PhD; Nuggehalli M. Ravindra, PhD The results of the simulation of the reported experimental results of high efficiency multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells, using PC1D software, are reported in this study. Results obtained by various groups have been...