Recent Advances in Photovoltaics: Volume 1771

The symposia that have been combined to compose this volume were held from April 6-10 at the 2015 MRS Spring Meeting.

Part I. Advance Solar Cells-Components to Systems: 1. Advanced functional materials: intrinsic and doped silicon oxide; 2. Effect of N doped amorphous layer between microcrystalline I/N layer on the performance of micromorph tandem solar cells; 3. Comprehensive modelling and sizing of PV systems from location to load; 4. Key technologies of heterojunction solar cell and module manufacturing; 5. An overview of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and the Australia-US Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics; 6. Light emitting diodes in the experimental practice for the characterization of novel photovoltaics; 7. Solar powered infotainment spot: design, feasibility study and fabrication of an autonomous PV system; 8. Cu migration and its impact on the metastable behavior of CdTe solar cells; 9. Antireflection coatings for solar panel power output enhancement; 10. ZnO:B thin films made by two-step growth method; 11. European metrology project for III-V materials based high efficiency multi-junction solar cells; 12. Thin film silicon solar module encapsulation technology research; 13. The development and application of high-efficiency low-cost silicon thin film solar cell; 14. A new method of fabrication for multicolor transparent thin-film solar cell module; 15. The application of infrared thermo-camera in testing of silicon-based thin-film solar cells; Part II. Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics: 16. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the recombination reduction at surface and grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells by valence band control; 17. Incorporation of Cd1-x Mgx Te as an electron reflector for cadmium telluride photovoltaic cells; 18. Extracting mobility-lifetime product in solar cell absorbers using quantum efficiency analysis; 19. Advanced flexible CIGS solar cells enhanced by broadband nanostructured antireflection coatings; 20. Optical characterization of solution prepared Cu2SnS3 for photovoltaic applications; 21. Characterization of electron-induced defects in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin films by photoluminescence; 22. Alternative etching for improved Cu-rich CuInSe2 solar cells; Part III. Perovskite Solar Cells: 23. Interface and nanostructural engineering of low-cost, efficient and stable perovskite solar cells; 24. The effect of titanium oxide substrate on the film morphology and photoluminescence properties of organometal halide perovskites; 25. High crystalline quality perovskite thin films prepared by a novel hybrid evaporation/CVD technique; 26. Long-term stability of mixed perovskites; Part IV. Organic-Based Photovoltaics: 27. Low-temperature processed hybrid organic/silicon solar cells with power conversion efficiency up to 6.5%; 28. Non-aqueous PEDOT:PSS dispersion for improved inverted organic solar cells; 29. Novel linear and hyperbranched polythiophene derivatives containing diketopyrrolopyrroles as linking groups; 30. Interface and nanostructural engineering of low-cost, efficient and stable perovskite solar cells-corrigendum.