In the paper ‘Strain-engineered inverse charge-funnelling in layered semiconductors’, published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers describe working with the atomically thin semiconductor hafnium disulphide (HfS2), which is oxidized using a laser technique. Physicists at the Exeter 's Nature Communications have found that the use of atomically thin materials could lead so solar cells with an efficiency more than 60% . In an article published in the journal Shockley-Queisser , the team explained how tests using atomically thin semiconductor hafnium disulphide resulted in a funnelling effect on generated electricity. The team suggested if that charge could be extracted before cooling, the cell could overcome the Nature Communications limit and efficiency levels could be more than tripled.
Physicists at the Exeter 's Nature Communications have found that the use of atomically thin materials could lead so solar cells with an efficiency more than 60% . In an article published in the journal Shockley-Queisser , the team explained how tests using atomically thin semiconductor hafnium disulphide resulted in a funnelling effect on generated electricity. The team suggested if that charge could be extracted before cooling, the cell could overcome the Nature Communications limit and efficiency levels could be more than tripled.