Third-Generation Solar Cells: Concept, Materials and Performance - An Overview

Soosaimanickam, Ananthakumar; Kumar, J.; Babu, S. Moorthy

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04474-9_7

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“…The efficiency of CuInGaSe, nc-Si, a-Si and CdTe is reported to be 20.1%, 10.1%, 9.5% and 16.7% respectively. This shows that although 2 nd generation solar cells are cheaper in manufacturing than 1 st generation solar cells they are less efficient in performance [56].…”

Section: Second-generation Solar Cellsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These semiconductor materials have particular properties, which affect the efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Some of important properties are described as follows [56][57][58]:…”

Section: Properties Of Solar Cell Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Expensive manufacturing of c-Si and deposition techniques motivated to develop new less costly materials and techniques for solar cell technology. Despite all of these c-Si still dominate over 90% of the market [56].…”

Section: First-generation Solar Cellsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To improve the absorption rate of solar cells different dyes are used in DSSCs. Dyes are effective sensitizer to harvest photon up to the visible and IR region (400-800 nm) [56]. The first DDSCs was developed by Michel Gratzel et al [75] in early 1990.…”

Section: Materials For Dsscs (Dye-sensitized Solar Cells)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The structure of TiO2 nanocrystals with effective layer of molecule of dye had efficiency of about 12% [75][76]. TiO3 in different morphologies such as rod, tubular, hierarchical and spherical shape affect the energy conversion efficiency of solar cell [56]. Nanocrystals of TiO2 used as photoanode were coated on glass material such as FTO [56].…”

Section: Materials For Dsscs (Dye-sensitized Solar Cells)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Introduction, Past and Present Scenario of Solar Cell Materials

Rizwan

2021

Materials Research Foundations

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Solar cells convert sunlight into electricity directly. It is a reliable, non-toxic and pollution free source of electricity. Since 19th century researchers have been trying to investigate different materials for solar cell devices. Commercially, Si based solar are predominate in this field, however, with passage of time different materials have been reported. Solar cell techniques are based on three different generations. 1st generation is based on Si and 2nd generation includes thin-films of CuInGaSe, GaAs, CdTe and GaInP etc. whereas 3rd generation is based on organic, hybrid perovskites, quantum dot (QD)-sensitizers & dye-sensitizers solar cells. Among all these, the 3rd generation solar cells are the most efficient and more cost effective than 1nd and 2nd generation solar cells. The 2nd generation is less costly but also less efficient compared to 1st generation. 3rd generation faces degradation of the photovoltaic materials which is a major problem. In this chapter different reported materials since 19th century for solar cells are mentioned. The past and present scenarios of solar cells are discussed comprehensively. It is observed that Si-based and multijunction solar cells dominate the market. Although, theoretically it is reported that hybrid perovskites and quantum dot materials for solar cell are the most efficient materials for photovoltaic PV devices. In spite of the high efficiency the stability of organic, hybrid perovskites, QD-sensitizers &dye-sensitizer materials is a big challenge.

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Section: Second-generation Solar Cellsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These semiconductor materials have particular properties, which affect the efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Some of important properties are described as follows [56][57][58]:…”

Section: Properties Of Solar Cell Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: First-generation Solar Cellsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Materials For Dsscs (Dye-sensitized Solar Cells)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Materials For Dsscs (Dye-sensitized Solar Cells)mentioning

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Introduction, Past and Present Scenario of Solar Cell Materials

Rizwan

2021

Materials Research Foundations

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Plasma treatment of zinc oxide‐nanoparticles:polyaniline blend as an active layer for the hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cell applications

2020

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In this experimental work, plasma treatment of the active layer in the bulk heterojunction solar cells was studied. The active layers consisting of zinc oxide nanoparticles:polyaniline were spin-coated on indium tin oxide covered glasses then kept in the cold plasma medium for different treatment times. The J-V characteristics were considered under air mass 1.5G standard illumination, and variations of the open-circuit voltages and short circuit currents were studied under different treatment times. The results show that there is an optimum treatment time to improve the properties of the layers. In order to understand the origin of this effect, the Hall coefficient, along with ultravioletvisible spectra were measured, and for studying the topological impact of plasma on the surface of the layers, atomic force microscopy and Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy were considered. The measurements confirmed the time dependency of the open-circuit voltages and short circuit currents of the cells on the plasma treatment times. Atomic force microscopy of the layers shows the significant topological effects of the plasma treatments on the surface of the active layers for different treatment times. K E Y W O R D S hybrid solar cells, photovoltaic cells, plasma applications

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Third‐Generation Solar Cells: Toxicity and Risk of Exposure

Buitrago

Novello

Meyer

2020

Helvetica Chimica Acta

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Solar energy is considered clean energy, and its use is predicted to increase in the near future. Most installed units today are crystalline solar cells, but the field is in constant development, and when the first dye sensitized solar cell was published by Grätzel and O'Reagan a new, third‐generation, solar power was born. Highly toxic metals are used to produce the photovoltaic units today, and with the predicted increase in solar cell installation, the human health hazards of these panels could become an issue. Additionally, many of these materials are used in their nanoform, which is associated with an additional risk. In this article, we discuss the technology behind the third‐generation solar cells with its valuable use of nanotechnology as well as the possible health hazard when such nanomaterials are used in solar power units. We will show that the main exposure will occur either during the development and production phases or at the end‐of‐life stage of the solar cells, where toxic material can leach into landfills, and subsequently into the environment and impact the ecosystem directly, or humans indirectly through edible plants or drinking water.

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Third-Generation Solar Cells: Concept, Materials and Performance - An Overview

Cited by 32 publications

References 111 publications

Introduction, Past and Present Scenario of Solar Cell Materials

Introduction, Past and Present Scenario of Solar Cell Materials

Plasma treatment of zinc oxide‐nanoparticles:polyaniline blend as an active layer for the hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cell applications

Third‐Generation Solar Cells: Toxicity and Risk of Exposure

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