Recent Advances in Photovoltaics: Volume 1771 MRS Proceedings Series

The symposia that have been combined to compose this volume - Symposium B: 'Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics', Symposium C: 'Perovskite Solar Cells', Symposium D: 'Organic-Based Photovoltaics', and Symposium E: 'Advance Solar Cells-Components to Systems' - were held from April 6-10 at the 2015 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. Solar photovoltaics represent the ultimate goal in the quest for clean, renewable electricity generation. This symposium proceedings volume represents the recent advances in inorganic thin-film compound solar cell materials, the emerging perovskite solar cells, organic solar cells, and components and systems of advanced solar cells. Each paper in this volume provides a glimpse of the exciting recent developments occurring in various solar cell technologies and components and systems. The papers convey the breadth of exciting advancements happening in the area of advanced solar cell research.

Part I. Advance Solar Cells-Components to Systems: 1. Advanced functional materials: intrinsic and doped silicon oxide; 2. Effect of N doped amorphous layer between microcrystalline I/N layer on the performance of micromorph tandem solar cells; 3. Comprehensive modelling and sizing of PV systems from location to load; 4. Key technologies of heterojunction solar cell and module manufacturing; 5. An overview of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and the Australia-US Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics; 6. Light emitting diodes in the experimental practice for the characterization of novel photovoltaics; 7. Solar powered infotainment spot: design, feasibility study and fabrication of an autonomous PV system; 8. Cu migration and its impact on the metastable behavior of CdTe solar cells; 9. Antireflection coatings for solar panel power output enhancement; 10. ZnO:B thin films made by two-step growth method; 11. European metrology project for III-V materials based high efficiency multi-junction solar cells; 12. Thin film silicon solar module encapsulation technology research; 13. The development and application of high-efficiency low-cost silicon thin film solar cell; 14. A new method of fabrication for multicolor transparent thin-film solar cell module; 15. The application of infrared thermo-camera in testing of silicon-based thin-film solar cells; Part II. Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics: 16. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the recombination reduction at surface and grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells by valence band control; 17. Incorporation of Cd1-x Mgx Te as an electron reflector for cadmium telluride photovoltaic cells; 18. Extracting mobility-lifetime product in solar cell absorbers using quantum efficiency analysis; 19. Advanced flexible CIGS solar cells enhanced by broadband nanostructured antireflection coatings; 20. Optical characterization of solution prepared Cu2SnS3 for photovoltaic applications; 21. Characterization of electron-induced defects in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin films by photoluminescence; 22. Alternative etching for improved Cu-rich CuInSe2 solar cells; Part III. Perovskite Solar Cells: 23. Interface and nanostructural engineering of low-cost, efficient and stable perovskite solar cells; 24. The effect of titanium oxide substrate on the film morphology and photoluminescence properties of organometal halide perovskites; 25. High crystalline quality perovskite thin films prepared by a novel hybrid evaporation/CVD technique; 26. Long-term stability of mixed perovskites; Part IV. Organic-Based Photovoltaics: 27. Low-temperature processed hybrid organic/silicon solar cells with power conversion efficiency up to 6.5%; 28. Non-aqueous PEDOT:PSS dispersion for improved inverted organic solar cells; 29. Novel linear and hyperbranched polythiophene derivatives containing diketopyrrolopyrroles as linking groups; 30. Interface and nanostructural engineering of low-cost, efficient and stable perovskite solar cells-corrigendum.