Encapsulation technologies for thin-film photovoltaic devices
Joel Smith, University of Sheffield
This project will develop a range of encapsulation materials and techniques for both polymer:fullerene and perovskite PV devices. A range ...... (read more)
Combinatorial TCO physics and optimization for photovoltaics
Thomas Featherstone, University of Liverpool
Transparent Conducting Oxides (TCOs) are common to almost all current and emerging solar cell technologies and there is still a ...... (read more)
Breaking the Voltage Barrier for CdTe Solar Cells
Thomas Shalvey, University of Liverpool
Polycrystalline CdTe solar cells are a mass market product and have now achieved >21% efficiency, having being limited to <16.7% ...... (read more)
Hotwire Chemical Vapour Deposition of Boron Doped Epitaxial Silicon for Interdigitated Back Contact Solar Cells
Edris Khorani, University of Southampton
Silicon solar cells remain the dominant technology in the photovoltaic market. The interdigitated back contact (IBC) design is a well-established ...... (read more)
Hot-carrier harvesting in hybrid metal halide perovskites for solar cells
Alexander Knight, University of Oxford
Photovoltaic cells incorporating hybrid organic inorganic metal halide perovskites have seen a phenomenally rapid improvement over the past 5 years, ...... (read more)