Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

High-specific-power flexible transition metal dichalcogenide solar cells

  • Koosha Nassiri Nazif,
  • Alwin Daus,
  • Jiho Hong,
  • Nayeun Lee,
  • Sam Vaziri,
  • Aravindh Kumar,
  • Frederick Nitta,
  • Michelle E. Chen,
  • Siavash Kananian,
  • Raisul Islam,
  • Kwan-Ho Kim,
  • Jin-Hong Park,
  • Ada S. Y. Poon,
  • Mark L. Brongersma,
  • Eric Pop,
  • Krishna C. Saraswat

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27195-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ultrathin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) hold promise for next-generation lightweight photovoltaics. Here, the authors demonstrate the first flexible high power-per-weight TMD solar cells with notably improved power conversion efficiency.