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Solar cells

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electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect

gallium arsenide

chemical semiconductor compound

copper(I) oxide

chemical compound

A selenide is a chemical compound containing a selenium with oxidation number of −2. Similar to sulfide, selenides occur both as inorganic compounds and as organic derivatives, which are called organoselenium compound.

perovskite solar cell

type of solar cell

photoelectrochemical cell

sources of electricity or hydrogen via electrolysis

organic solar cell

type of photovoltaic

indium(III) selenide

chemical compound

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a microscopic antenna designed to convert light or other electromagnetic waves into electric power

gallium(II) selenide

chemical compound

photovoltaic panel in the form of a roof shingle or tile

multijunction photovoltaic cell

solar power cell with multiple band gaps from different materials

Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells

direct bandgap semiconductor useful for the manufacture of solar cells

transparent conducting film

Optically transparent and electrically conductive material

Nanocrystal solar cell

nanocrystal solar cell

Solar cell efficiency

ratio of energy extracted from sunlight in solar cells

timeline of solar cells

aspect of history

Indium gallium phosphide

photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector

power generation technologies that convert solar radiation into thermal and electrical energy

Cadmium telluride photovoltaics

type of solar power cell

Quantum dot solar cell

type of solar cell based on quantum dot devices

Plasmonic solar cell

type of solar cell

solar simulator

device that provides illumination approximating natural sunlight

Theory of solar cells

how to produce solar power

Copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) is a quaternary semiconducting compound which has received increasing interest since the late 2000s for applications in thin film solar cells. The class of related materials includes other I2-II-IV-VI4 such as copper zinc tin selenide (CZTSe) and the sulfur-selenium alloy CZTSSe. CZTS offers favorable optical and electronic properties similar to CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide), making it well suited for use as a thin-film solar cell absorber layer, but unlike CIGS (or other thin films such as CdTe), CZTS is composed of only abundant and non-toxic elements.