Silicon solar cells: toward the efficiency limits

LC Andreani, A Bozzola, P Kowalczewski… - … in Physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Photovoltaic (PV) conversion of solar energy starts to give an appreciable contribution to
power generation in many countries, with more than 90% of the global PV market relying on …

The role of graphene and other 2D materials in solar photovoltaics

S Das, D Pandey, J Thomas, T Roy - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials have attracted considerable attention due to their exciting optical and
electronic properties, and demonstrate immense potential for next‐generation solar cells …

State-of-the-art passivation strategies of c-Si for photovoltaic applications: A review

SP Muduli, P Kale - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
The carrier recombination is a major bottleneck in enhancing the power conversion
efficiency of first-generation solar cells. As a remedy, passivation minimizes the …

Revisiting thin silicon for photovoltaics: a technoeconomic perspective

Z Liu, SE Sofia, HS Laine, M Woodhouse… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystalline silicon comprises 90% of the global photovoltaics (PV) market and has sustained
a nearly 30% cumulative annual growth rate, yet comprises less than 2% of electricity …

High efficiency flexible PEDOT: PSS/silicon hybrid heterojunction solar cells by employing simple chemical approaches

D Sharma, A Srivastava, JS Tawale… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the development of efficient and cost-effective hybrid heterojunction solar cells (HHSCs),
thin-flexible solar cells based on conjugated polymer poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) …

Silicon heterojunction solar cells achieving 26.6% efficiency on commercial-size p-type silicon wafer

X Ru, M Yang, S Yin, Y Wang, C Hong, F Peng, Y Yuan… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Heterojunction formed at the amorphous/crystalline silicon (a-Si: H/c-Si) interface exhibits
distinctive electronic characteristics for application in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells …

Practical Efficiency Limit of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) Solar Cells

AAB Baloch, MI Hossain, N Tabet… - The journal of physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recently, hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged in photovoltaic (PV) research
activities as an active competitor. As a result, its power conversion efficiency (PCE) has …

A polymer/carbon‐nanotube ink as a boron‐dopant/inorganic‐passivation free carrier selective contact for silicon solar cells with over 21% efficiency

J Chen, L Wan, H Li, J Yan, J Ma, B Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional silicon solar cells extract holes and achieve interface passivation with the use of
a boron dopant and dielectric thin films such as silicon oxide or hydrogenated amorphous …

Over 65% sunlight absorption in a 1 μm Si slab with hyperuniform texture

N Tavakoli, R Spalding, A Lambertz, P Koppejan… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thin, flexible, and invisible solar cells will be a ubiquitous technology in the near future.
Ultrathin crystalline silicon (c-Si) cells capitalize on the success of bulk silicon cells while …

Fourteen percent efficiency ultrathin silicon solar cells with improved infrared light management enabled by hole‐selective transition metal oxide full‐area rear …

H Nasser, MZ Borra, EH Çiftpınar… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study investigates the application of hole‐selective transition metal oxide (TMO)
layers (MoOx, V2Ox, and WOx) with silver (Ag) as full‐area rear contact to 22.5 μm‐thick low …