IBSC

Methodology

• Electronic excitations in solar cells from GW approaches

  S. Botti and J. Vidal
  
  

•  First-principles calculations for defects and impurities: Applications to III-nitrides

  Chris G. Van de Walle and Jörg Neugebauer

Basics & Overview

• Understanding intermediate-band solar cells

  Antonio Luque, Antonio Martí and Colin Stanley

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• Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of p‐n Junction Solar Cells

  William Shockley and Hans J. Queisser

• Understanding experimental characterization of intermediate band solar cells

  Antonio Martí ,  E. Antolín ,  P. G. Linares and A. Luque
  
  

• Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion

  M.A. Green

Experimental

• Hybrid passivated colloidal quantum dot solids

  Alexander H. Ip  et.al.
  
  

• Generation and recombination rates at ZnTe:O intermediate band states

  Weiming Wang, Albert S. Lin, Jamie D. Phillips, and Wyatt K. Metzger
  
  

• Engineering the Electronic Band Structure for Multiband Solar Cells

  N. López, L. A. Reichertz, K. M. Yu, K. Campman, and W. Walukiewicz
  
  

• Investigation of the Sub-Bandgap Photoresponse in CuGaS₂ : Fe for Intermediate Band Solar Cells

   Björn Marsen, Sascha Klemz, Thomas Unold, Hans-Werner Schock
  
  

GaAs Based

• Two-photon excitation in an intermediate band solar cell structure

  Nazmul Ahsan et.al.
  
  

• Optical absorption of radio frequency sputtered GaAs(Ti) films

  A. Boronat, S. Silvestre, D. Fuertes Marrón, L. Castañer, A. Martí,A. Luque
  
  

• Engineering the Electronic Band Structure for Multiband Solar Cells

  N. López, L. A. Reichertz, K. M. Yu, K. Campman, and W. Walukiewicz

Cu Based 

• Light- and bias-induced metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ based solar cells caused by the (V_Se-V_Cu) vacancy complex

  Stephan Lany and Alex Zunger

• n-type doping of CuInSe₂ and CuGaSe₂

  Clas Persson et.al.
  
  

•  First principles calculation of isolated intermediate bands formation in a transition metal-doped chalcopyrite-type semiconductor

  P. Palacios, K. Sánchez, J. C. Conesa, P. Wahnón
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• Theoretical modelling of intermediate band solar cell materials based on metal-doped chalcopyrite compounds

  P. Palacios, K. Sánchez, J. C. Conesa, P. Wahnón
  
  

• Vacancies in CuInSe₂: new insights from hybrid-functional calculations

  L E Oikkonen, M G Ganchenkova, A P Seitsonen and R M Nieminen
  
  

• Redirecting focus in CuInSe₂ research towards selenium-related defects

  L. E. Oikkonen, M. G. Ganchenkova, A. P. Seitsonen, and R. M. Nieminen
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• Enhancement of optical absorption in Ga-chalcopyrite-based intermediate-band materials for high efficiency solar cells

  I. Aguilera, P. Palacios, P. Wahnon

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• Characterization by Ab Initio Calculations of an Intermediate Band Material Based on Chalcopyrite Semiconductors Substituted by Several Transition Metals

  P. Palacios, K. Sánchez, P. Wahnón and J. C. Conesa

• First-principles calculations of the structural, electronic and optical properties of CuGaS₂ and AgGaS₂   ( Review )

  Laksari, S. , Chahed, A., Abbouni, N., Benhelal, O., Abbar, B.
  
  

• Theoretical modelling of intermediate band solar cell materials based on metal-doped chalcopyrite compounds

  Palacios, P., Sánchez, K., Conesa, J.C., Fernández, J.J., Wahnón, P.
  
  

• Evaluation of the efficiency potential of intermediate band solar cells based on thin-film chalcopyrite materials    (Download)

  Antonio Martí, David Fuertes Marrón, and Antonio Luque

• Thermodynamics of the Formation of Ti- and Cr-doped CuGaS₂ Intermediate-band Photovoltaic Materials

  Pablo Palacios, Irene Aguilera, Perla Wahnón, and José C. Conesa

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• Ab-initio vibrational properties of transition metal chalcopyrite alloys determined as high-efficiency intermediate-band photovoltaic materials

  P. Palacios,I. Aguilera, P. Wahnón
  
  

•  Analysis of the Electronic Structure of Modified CuGaS₂ with Selected Substitutional Impurities: Prospects for Intermediate-Band Thin-Film Solar Cells Based on Cu-Containing Chalcopyrites

  C. Tablero  and D. Fuertes Marrón
  
  

• Thin-film intermediate band chalcopyrite solar cells

  D. Fuertes Marrón A. Martí, A. Luque
  
  

• Effects of Ti-incorporation in CuInS₂ solar cells

  Björn Marsen et.al.

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• Electronic structure and optical properties of CuGaS₂ and CuInS₂ solar cell materials

  Amit Soni, Vikas Gupta, C.M. Arora, Alpa Dashora, B.L. Ahuja
  
  

• Optical properties of chalcopyrite-type intermediate transition metal band materials from first principles

  I. Aguilera, P. Palacios, P. Wahnon
  
  

• First-principles study of the band structure and optical absorption of CuGaS₂

  Irene Aguilera, Julien Vidal, Perla Wahnón, Lucia Reining, and Silvana Botti

•  First-principles studies on the electronic and optical properties of CuAlSe₂ and CuAl₅Se₈ 

  Dan Li, Furi Ling, Zhenye Zhu, Huayu Zhang, Xinghong Zhang
  
  

•  Investigation of the Sub-Bandgap Photoresponse in CuGaS₂ : Fe for Intermediate Band Solar Cells

  Björn Marsen, Sascha Klemz, Thomas Unold, Hans-Werner Schock
  
  

• Strong Interplay between Structure and Electronic Properties in CuIn(S,Se)₂: A First-Principles Study

  Julien Vidal, Silvana Botti, Pär Olsson, Jean-François Guillemoles, and Lucia Reining
  
  

• Band structure calculations of CuAlO₂, CuGaO₂, CuInO₂, and CuCrO₂ by screened exchange

  Roland Gillen and John Robertson
  
  

• Cu₂ZnSnS₄ as a potential photovoltaic material: A hybrid Hartree-Fock density functional theory study 

  Joachim Paier, Ryoji Asahi, Akihiro Nagoya, and Georg Kresse
  
  

• Nitrogen doped Cu₂O: A possible material for intermediate band solar cells?

  Claudia Malerba, Cristy Leonor Azanza Ricardo, Mirco D'Incau, Francesco Biccari, Paolo Scardi, Alberto Mittiga