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How much physics is in a current-voltage curve? Inferring defect properties from photovoltaic device measurements
Rachel C. Kurchin, Jeremy R. Poindexter, Ville Vähänissi +3
Defect-assisted recombination processes are critical to understand, as they frequently limit photovoltaic (PV) device performance. However, the physical parameters governing these…
Perovskite PV-powered RFID: enabling low-cost self-powered IoT sensors
Sai Nithin R. Kantareddy, Ian Mathews, Shijing Sun +6
Photovoltaic (PV) cells have the potential to serve as on-board power sources for low-power IoT devices. Here, we explore the use of perovskite solar cells to power Radio Frequency…
Long range battery-less PV-powered RFID tag sensors
Sai Nithin R. Kantareddy, Ian Mathews, Rahul Bhattacharyya +3
Communication range in passive Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) front-end devices is a critical barrier in the real-world implementation of this low-cost technology. Purely pa…
Self-powered sensors enabled by wide-bandgap perovskite indoor photovoltaic cells
Ian Mathews, Sai Nithin Reddy Kantareddy, Shijing Sun +7
We present a new approach to ubiquitous sensing for indoor applications, using high-efficiency and low-cost indoor perovksite photovoltaic cells as external power sources for backs…
The Impact of Global Warming on Silicon PV Energy Yield in 2100
Ian Marius Peters, Tonio Buonassisi
While the installed photovoltaic capacity grows to a terawatt scale, effects of global climate change unfold. The question arises, how a changing climate, and especially raising te…
On Climate Change and Photovoltaic Energy Production
Ian Marius Peters, Tonio Buonassisi
As the 21st century progresses, photovoltaic technology is becoming a major provider of the worlds electricity, while effects of global climate change unfold. This development begs…
Embedding Physics Domain Knowledge into a Bayesian Network Enables Layer-by-Layer Process Innovation for Photovoltaics
Zekun Ren, Felipe Oviedo, Muang Thway +15
Process optimization of photovoltaic devices is a time-intensive, trial and error endeavor, without full transparency of the underlying physics, and with user-imposed constraints t…
Revisiting Thin Silicon for Photovoltaics: A Technoeconomic Perspective
Zhe Liu, Sarah E. Sofia, Hannu S. Laine +4
Adopting thin Si wafers for PV reduces capital expenditure (capex) and manufacturing cost, and accelerates the growth of PV manufacturing. There are two key questions about thin Si…
Meeting Global Cooling Demand with Photovoltaics during the 21st Century
Hannu S. Laine, Jyri Salpakari, Erin E. Looney +3
Space conditioning, and cooling in particular, is a key factor in human productivity and well-being across the globe. During the 21st century, global cooling demand is expected to…
Triplet-sensitization by lead halide perovskite thin films for near-infrared-to-visible upconversion
Lea Nienhaus, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Sarah Wieghold +9
Lead halide-based perovskite thin films have attracted great attention due to the explosive increase in perovskite solar cell efficiencies. The same optoelectronic properties that…
Machine Learning for Novel Thermal-Materials Discovery: Early Successes, Opportunities, and Challenges
Hang Zhang, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Tonio Buonassisi +3
High-throughput computational and experimental design of materials aided by machine learning have become an increasingly important field in material science. This area of research…