Silicon wafer solar cells continue to be the leading photovoltaic technology, and in many
places are now providing a substantial portion of electricity generation. Further adoption of …

Anti-reflective coatings are used in photovoltaic systems to minimize reflectance thus
optimizing efficiency. Besides excellent optical properties, these coatings need to provide …

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 …

Waste heat generated during daytime operation of a solar module will raise its temperature
and reduce cell efficiency. In addition to thermalization and carrier recombination, one major …

Many existing commercially manufactured photovoltaic modules include a cover layer of
glass, commonly coated with a single layer antireflection coating (ARC) to reduce reflection …

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 …

Herein, a novel strategy is introduced to reduce the consumption of scarce materials in
silicon heterojunction solar cells by combining approaches for Ag replacement in the …

Titanium oxide (TiO2) films and TiO2/SiN x stacks have potential in surface passivation, anti-
reflection coatings and carrier-selective contact layers for crystalline Si solar cells. A Si …

We assessed the performance of transparent conductive oxide (TCO) materials for use in the
heterojunction back contact+(HBC+) solar cell. In addition to indium tin oxide (ITO), titanium …

In this work, a composite light-trapping strategy based on Ag@ SiO 2 nanoparticles
embedded inside the active layer and an antireflection coating on the top surface is …