Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

TG Allen, J Bullock, X Yang, A Javey, S De Wolf - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
contact formation in c-Si. In doing so we identify the role passivating contacts play in increasing
c-Si solar cell … Strategies towards the implementation of passivating contacts in industrial …

Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: From concepts and materials to prospects

J Melskens, BWH van de Loo, B Macco… - … of Photovoltaics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
passivating contacts and outline their prospects. … passivating contacts (as opposed to
passivated contacts) to emphasize that surface passivation is a primary function of these contacts. …

Dopant‐free passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: Progress and prospects

Y Wang, ST Zhang, L Li, X Yang, L Lu, D Li - EcoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… of TOPCon solar cells are 1.7 fA … -Si solar cells in Figure 1G, the passivating contact will
play a key role to maintain the efficiency growth rate of 0.5–0.6% abs per year for c-Si solar cells, …

Concepts and prospects of passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

J Melskens, BWH van de Loo, B Macco… - … 42nd Photovoltaic …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
contacts for simplicity … contacts as passivating contacts and not passivated contacts, since
it is intended that the contacts are passivating the Si surface and not the other way around. …

Passivating Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: An Overview of the Current Advances and Future Perspectives

W Li, Z Xu, Y Yan, J Zhou, Q Huang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… art cell designs… passivation scheme. Eventually, this work identifies existing challenges and
proposes insights into future directions for c-Si solar cells through diverse passivating contact

A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%

M Köhler, M Pomaska, P Procel, R Santbergen… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
… efficiency of most crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells is limited … and at the contact between
metal electrodes and the silicon … absorber contacts, commonly denoted as passivated contacts, …

Surface passivation of crystalline silicon solar cells: Present and future

J Schmidt, R Peibst, R Brendel - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2018 - Elsevier
… in the field of c-Si solar cells based on carrier-selective passivation layers. Whereas the …
passivating the non-contacted areas of the silicon surface, the carrier-selective passivation

Surface passivation of crystalline silicon solar cells: a review

AG Aberle - … in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Si solar cells feature poorly passivated rear surfaces\ Figure 0 reveals that the use of thinner
wafers necessitates a well passivated … and bulk passivating AR coating on crystalline Si\ a …

Optimization of transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells

M Köhler, M Pomaska, A Zamchiy… - … of Photovoltaics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… with an a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction back contact we achieve a maximum … In this article, we
introduced a TPC for the front side of crystalline silicon solar cells. This contact consists of a thin …

Recent advances in and new perspectives on crystalline silicon solar cells with carrier-selective passivation contacts

C Yu, S Xu, J Yao, S Han - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
… This article presents the latest advances in highly efficient c-Si solar cells with passivation
contacts, including doped silicon films and dopant-free materials, with a high/low work function…