Strain effect on the performance of amorphous silicon and perovskite solar cells

Clean, plentiful, and easy-to-harvest solar energy is the ultimate renewable energy. It is becoming more important as the world begins to take notice of the burgeoning carbon emission problems that come with burning fossil fuels. Thin-film solar cells have been increasingly used for energy harvesting. This paper studies the effect of mechanical deformation on the performances of amorphous silicon (a-Si) and perovskite solar cells. Compression...