Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

TG Allen, J Bullock, X Yang, A Javey, S De Wolf - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The global photovoltaic (PV) market is dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) based
technologies with heavily doped, directly metallized contacts. Recombination of photo …

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 …

Progress and prospects for ultrathin solar cells

I Massiot, A Cattoni, S Collin - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Ultrathin solar cells with thicknesses at least 10 times lower than conventional solar cells
could have the unique potential to efficiently convert solar energy into electricity while …

Molybdenum oxides–from fundamentals to functionality

IA De Castro, RS Datta, JZ Ou… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The properties and applications of molybdenum oxides are reviewed in depth. Molybdenum
is found in various oxide stoichiometries, which have been employed for different high‐value …

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 first part of this paper, we review the developments which led to the present state-of-
the-art in the surface passivation of today's industrially predominant dopant-diffused …

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 …

23.5%-efficient silicon heterojunction silicon solar cell using molybdenum oxide as hole-selective contact

J Dréon, Q Jeangros, J Cattin, J Haschke, L Antognini… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Interest in silicon heterojunction solar cells is growing due to their manufacturing simplicity
and record efficiencies. However, a significant limitation of these devices still stems from …

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

J Melskens, BWH van de Loo, B Macco… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To further increase the conversion efficiency of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, it is vital to
reduce the recombination losses associated with the contacts. Therefore, a contact structure …

Efficient silicon solar cells with dopant-free asymmetric heterocontacts

J Bullock, M Hettick, J Geissbühler, AJ Ong, T Allen… - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
A salient characteristic of solar cells is their ability to subject photo-generated electrons and
holes to pathways of asymmetrical conductivity—'assisting'them towards their respective …

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
A highly transparent passivating contact (TPC) as front contact for crystalline silicon (c-Si)
solar cells could in principle combine high conductivity, excellent surface passivation and …