High-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells: status and perspectives

C Battaglia, A Cuevas, S De Wolf - Energy & Environmental Science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
With a global market share of about 90%, crystalline silicon is by far the most important
photovoltaic technology today. This article reviews the dynamic field of crystalline silicon …

Toward efficiency limits of crystalline silicon solar cells: recent progress in high‐efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

Z Sun, X Chen, Y He, J Li, J Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photovoltaic (PV) technology is ready to become one of the main energy sources of, and
contributers to, carbon neutrality by the mid‐21st century. In 2020, a total of 135 GW of PV …

Passivating contacts for high-efficiency silicon-based solar cells: from single-junction to tandem architecture

J Zhou, Q Huang, Y Ding, G Hou, Y Zhao - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The electricity market from renewable energies is strongly driven by the pursuit of high
energy conversion efficiency, which at present represents the most effective pathway to …

High-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells: materials, devices and applications

Y Liu, Y Li, Y Wu, G Yang, L Mazzarella… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology offers an economic and sustainable solution to the challenge
of increasing energy demand in times of global warming. The world PV market is currently …

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
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) is the dominating photovoltaic technology today, with a global
market share of about 90%. Therefore, it is crucial for further improving the performance of c …

Passivating contacts and tandem concepts: Approaches for the highest silicon-based solar cell efficiencies

M Hermle, F Feldmann, M Bivour… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The efficiency of photovoltaic energy conversion is a decisive factor for low-cost electricity
from renewable energies. In recent years, the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells in …

Silicon solar cells

SR Wenham, MA Green - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The key attributes for achieving high‐efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells are identified
and historical developments leading to their realization discussed. Despite the achievement …

Industrially feasible, dopant‐free, carrier‐selective contacts for high‐efficiency silicon solar cells

X Yang, K Weber, Z Hameiri… - Progress in photovoltaics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Dopant‐free, carrier‐selective contacts (CSCs) on high efficiency silicon solar cells combine
ease of deposition with potential optical benefits. Electron‐selective titanium dioxide (TiO2) …

Progress and outlook for high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells

MA Green, J Zhao, A Wang, SR Wenham - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2001 - Elsevier
The last 15 years have seen large improvements in crystalline silicon solar cells, with
efficiencies improved by over 50%. The main drivers have been improved electrical and …

High-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells: A review

S De Wolf, A Descoeudres, ZC Holman, C Ballif - green, 2012 - degruyter.com
Silicon heterojunction solar cells consist of thin amorphous silicon layers deposited on
crystalline silicon wafers. This design enables energy conversion efficiencies above 20% at …