Photovoltaics literature survey (no. 149)

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In order to help readers stay up-to-date in the field, each issue of Progress in Photovoltaics will contain a list of recently published journal articles that are most relevant to its aims and scope. This list is drawn from an extremely wide range of journals, including IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Renewable Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Applied Physics, and Applied Physics Letters. To assist readers, the list is separated into broad categories, but please note that these classifications are by no means strict. Also note that inclusion in the list is not an endorsement of a paper's quality. If you have any suggestions, please email Ziv Hameiri at ziv.hameiri@unsw.edu.au. Jia Y, Alva G, Fang G. Development and applications of photovoltaic–thermal systems: a review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019; 102: 249–265. Alaaeddin MH, Sapuan SM, Zuhri MYM, et al. Photovoltaic applications: status and manufacturing prospects. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019; 102: 318–332. Jang YJ, Chung K, Lee JS, et al. Plasmonic hot carriers imaging: promise and outlook. Acs Photonics 2018; 5(12): 4711. Basore PA. Efficient computation of multidimensional Lambertian optical absorption. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 106. Boyd KMW, Kleiman RN. Quasi-steady-state free carrier absorption measurements of effective carrier lifetime in silicon. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 64. Hu LL, Mandelis A, Sun QM. Ultrahigh-frequency heterodyne lock-in carrierography for large-scale quantitative multi-parameter imaging of colloidal quantum dot solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 132. Wyller GM, Schindler F, Kwapil W, et al. Correlation of defect luminescence and recombination in multicrystalline silicon. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 55–63. Plag F, Kroger I, Fey T, et al. Angular-dependent spectral responsivity-traceable measurements on optical losses in PV devices. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2018; 26(8): 565. Sulas DB, Johnston S, Jordan DC. Comparison of photovoltaic module luminescence imaging techniques: assessing the influence of lateral currents in high-efficiency device structures. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2019; 192: 81–87. Padhamnath P, Wong J, Nagarajan B, et al. Metal contact recombination in monoPoly™ solar cells with screen-printed and fire-through contacts. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2019; 192: 109–116. Gupta SK, Pali LS, Garg A. Impedance spectroscopy on degradation analysis of polymer/fullerene solar cells. Solar Energy 2019; 178: 133–141. Chen JH, Ge KP, Zhang CL, et al. Vacuum-free, room-temperature organic passivation of silicon: toward very low recombination of micro-/nanotextured surface structures. Acs Applied Materials and Interfaces 2018; 10(51): 44890. Lin WJ, Wu WL, Xie Q, et al. Conductive cuprous iodide hole-selective contacts with thermal and ambient stability for silicon solar cells. Acs Applied Materials and Interfaces 2018; 10(50): 43699. Wang P, Chen XZ, Wang ZH, et al. Kinetic suppression of boron–oxygen complexes in p-type Czochralski silicon by tin doping. Applied Physics Express 2019; 12(1): 011005. Ok YW, Tam AM, Huang YY, et al. Screen printed, large area bifacial n-type back junction silicon solar cells with selective phosphorus front surface field and boron doped poly-Si/SiOx passivated rear emitter. Applied Physics Letters 2018; 113(26): 263901. Zhang T, Hossain MA, Lee CY, et al. Atomic layer deposited ZnxNi1-xO: a thermally stable hole selective contact for silicon solar cells. Applied Physics Letters 2018; 113(26): 262102. Collett KA, Du SY, Bourret-Sicotte G, et al. Scalable techniques for producing field-effect passivation in high-efficiency silicon solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 26. Kim K, Chen R, Chen D, et al. Degradation of surface passivation and bulk in p-type monocrystalline silicon wafers at elevated temperature. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 97. Liu AY, Hameiri Z, Wan YM, et al. Gettering effects of silicon nitride films from various plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition conditions. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 78. Morales-Vilches AB, Cruz A, Pingel S, et al. ITO-free silicon heterojunction solar cells with ZnO:Al/SiO2 front electrodes reaching a conversion efficiency of 23%. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 34. Nguyen HT, Ros E, Tom T, et al. Influence of a gold seed in transparent V2OX/Ag/V2OX selective contacts for dopant-free silicon solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 72. Peibst R, Rienacker M, Min B, et al. From PERC to tandem: POLO- and p+/n+Poly-Si tunneling junction as interface between bottom and top cell. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 49. 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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2019; 192: 117–122. Le AHT, Dao VA, Pham DP, et al. Damage to passivation contact in silicon heterojunction solar cells by ITO sputtering under various plasma excitation modes. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2019; 192: 36–43. Huang Y, Zeng Y, Zhang Z, et al. UV-Raman scattering of thin film Si with ultrathin silicon oxide tunnel contact for high efficiency crystal silicon solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2019; 192: 154–160. Zeng Y, Yang Q, Wan Y, et al. Numerical exploration for structure design and free-energy loss analysis of the high-efficiency polysilicon passivated-contact p-type silicon solar cell. Solar Energy 2019; 178: 249–256. Ahmad G, Mandal S, Barua AK, et al. Mixed-phase nc-SiOX:H interlayer to improve light trapping and shunt quenching in a-Si:H solar cell. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 18. de Vrijer T, Si FT, Ta HR, et al. Chemical stability and performance of doped silicon oxide layers for use in thin-film silicon solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 3. Jain N, Bothra U, Moghe D, et al. Negative correlation between intermolecular vs intramolecular disorder in bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells. Acs Applied Materials and Interfaces 2018; 10(51): 44576. Dong S, Zhang K, Xie BM, et al. High-performance large-area organic solar cells enabled by sequential bilayer processing via nonhalogenated solvents. Advanced Energy Materials 2019; 9(1): 1802832. Aplan MP, Grieco C, Lee Y, et al. Conjugated block copolymers as model systems to examine mechanisms of charge generation in donor–acceptor materials. Advanced Functional Materials 2019; 29(1): 1804858. Xiong Y, Ye L, Gadisa A, et al. Revealing the impact of F4-TCNQ as additive on morphology and performance of high-efficiency nonfullerene organic solar cells. Advanced Functional Materials 2019; 29(1): 1806262. Chen FX, Xu JQ, Liu ZX, et al. Near-infrared electron acceptors with fluorinated regioisomeric backbone for highly efficient polymer solar cells. Advanced Materials 2018; 30(52): 1803769. Hiramoto M, Kikuchi M, Izawa S. Parts-per-million-level doping effects in organic semiconductor films and organic single crystals. Advanced Materials 2019; 31(1): 1801236. Ye N, Liang T, Zhan LL, et al. High-performance bendable organic solar cells with silver nanowire-graphene hybrid electrode. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2019; 9(1): 214. Ji GQ, Zhao WC, Wei JF, et al. 12.88% efficiency in doctor-blade coated organic solar cells through optimizing the surface morphology of a ZnO cathode buffer layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019; 7(1): 212. Hoang MH, Park GE, Choi S, et al. High-efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cell fabricated by a simple process using new conjugated terpolymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2019; 7(1): 111. Keivanidis PE, Khan JI, Katzenmeier L, et al. Impact of structural polymorphs on charge collection and nongeminate recombination in organic photovoltaic devices. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018; 122(51): 29141. Hu ZH, Wang J, Wang Z, et al. Semitransparent ternary nonfullerene polymer solar cells exhibiting 9.40% efficiency and 24.6% average visible transmittance. Nano Energy 2019; 55: 424. Wu H, Fan HJ, Xu SJ, et al. Isomery-dependent miscibility enables high-performance all-small-molecule solar cells. Small 2019; 15(1): 1804271. Lv P, Chen S-C, Huang F. Controllable phase transformation of titanium dioxide for the high performance polymer solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2019; 192: 88–93. Xiong C, Sun J, Yang H, et al. Real reason for high ideality factor in organic solar cells: energy disorder. Solar Energy 2019; 178: 193–200. Freitas AM, Gomes RAM, Ferreira RAM, et al. Experimental performance of commercial OPV panels tested outdoor. Renewable Energy 2019; 135: 1004–1012. Parra MR, Pandey P, Siddiqui H, et al. Evolution of ZnO nanostructures as hexagonal disk: implementation as photoanode material and efficiency enhancement in Al: ZnO based dye sensitized solar cells. Applied Surface Science 2019; 470: 1130. Yang XJ, Zhao L, Lv KL, et al. Enhanced efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells with ZrO2 as a barrier layer on TiO2 nanofibers. Applied Surface Science 2019; 469: 821. Feng S, Sun ZZ, Li Q. How to screen a promising anchoring group from heterocyclic components in dye sensitized solar cell: a theoretical investigation. Electrochimica Acta 2019; 296: 545. Xie FY, Wang JJ, Li YF, et al. One-step synthesis of hierarchical SnO2/TiO2 composite hollow microspheres as an efficient scattering layer for dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochimica Acta 2019; 296: 142. Bao LQ, Thogiti S, Koyyada G, et al. Synthesis and photovoltaic performance of novel ullazine-based organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. 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PbTiO3 as electron-selective layer for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells: enhanced electron extraction via tunable ferroelectric polarization. Advanced Functional Materials 2019; 29(1): 1806427. Yang YL, Liu ZH, Ng WK, et al. An ultrathin ferroelectric perovskite oxide layer for high-performance hole transport material free carbon based halide perovskite solar cells. Advanced Functional Materials 2019; 29(1): 1806506. Adhyaksa GWP, Brittman S, Abolins H, et al. Understanding detrimental and beneficial grain boundary effects in halide perovskites. Advanced Materials 2018; 30(52): 1804792. Chen Y, Yang Z, Wang SB, et al. Design of an inorganic mesoporous hole-transporting layer for highly efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells. Advanced Materials 2018; 30(52): 1805660. Li PW, Zhang YQ, Liang C, et al. Phase pure 2D perovskite for high-performance 2D-3D heterostructured perovskite solar cells. Advanced Materials 2018; 30(52): 1805323. 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