Impact of acetic acid exposure on metal contact degradation of different crystalline silicon solar cell technologies

N Iqbal, M Li, TS Sakthivel, K Mikeska, M Lu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Degradation due to acetic acid in photovoltaic (PV) modules has been a commonly
observed phenomenon for both damp-heat exposure and outdoor operations. Acetic acid is …

Photon management in silicon photovoltaic cells: A critical review

MJ Hossain, M Sun, KO Davis - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2024 - Elsevier
With the practical efficiency of the silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell approaching its theoretical
limit, pushing conversion efficiencies even higher now relies on reducing every type of …

Impact of firing temperature on fire-through metal contacts to P-doped (n+) and B-doped (p+) poly-Si

P Padhamnath, A Khanna, N Nandakumar… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Screen-printed contacts to doped polysilicon (poly-Si) layers with high-temperature fire-
through pastes is one of the key enablers for widespread industrial acceptance of …

Multiscale characterization of photovoltaic modules—Case studies of contact and interconnect degradation

N Iqbal, DJ Colvin, AJ Curran, F Li… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current popularity of photovoltaic (PV) systems is due in large part to their exceptional
reliability and significantly lower cost than other energy sources. Studying cell and module …

Process–Structure–Properties Relationships of Passivating, Electron‐Selective Contacts Formed by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Phosphorus …

JF Mousumi, G Gregory, JP Ganesan… - physica status solidi …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we investigate the process–structure–properties relationships of in situ phosphorus
(P)‐doped polycrystalline silicon (poly‐Si) films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor …

A comprehensive evaluation of contact recombination and contact resistivity losses in industrial silicon solar cells

M Li, N Iqbal, Z Yang, X Lin, NK Pannaci… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliable characterization techniques to accurately quantify the metallization-induced
recombination losses as well as contact resistivity losses of screen-printed cells are crucial …

Phosphorus-doped polysilicon passivating contacts deposited by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

JF Mousumi, H Ali, G Gregory, C Nunez… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we present a high quality tunnel oxide passivating, electron-selective contact
that is formed using an in-situ phosphorus-doped polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) layer …

A comprehensive methodology to evaluate losses and process variations in silicon solar cell manufacturing

MJ Hossain, G Gregory, EJ Schneller… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Novel, high-throughput metrology methods are used in this paper for detailed performance
loss analysis of approximately 400 industrial crystalline silicon solar cells, all coming from …

Comparison of the values of solar cell contact resistivity measured with the transmission line method (TLM) and the potential difference (PD)

M Musztyfaga-Staszuk - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This work presents a comparison of values of the contact resistivity of silicon solar cells
obtained using the following methods: the transmission line model method (TLM) and the …

Standardization of specific contact resistivity measurements using transmission line model (TLM)

S Grover, S Sahu, P Zhang, KO Davis… - 2020 IEEE 33rd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The transmission line model (TLM) method is most commonly used to determine the specific
contact resistivity of metal-semiconductor contacts. Inconsistencies have been observed in …