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 …

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 …

22.5% efficient silicon heterojunction solar cell with molybdenum oxide hole collector

J Geissbühler, J Werner, S Martin de Nicolas… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Substituting the doped amorphous silicon films at the front of silicon heterojunction solar
cells with wide-bandgap transition metal oxides can mitigate parasitic light absorption …

Charge carrier separation in solar cells

U Würfel, A Cuevas, P Würfel - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The selective transport of electrons and holes to the two terminals of a solar cell is often
attributed to an electric field, although well-known physics states that they are driven by …

Transition metal oxides as hole-selective contacts in silicon heterojunctions solar cells

LG Gerling, S Mahato, A Morales-Vilches… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work reports on a comparative study comprising three transition metal oxides, MoO 3,
WO 3 and V 2 O 5, acting as front p-type contacts for n-type crystalline silicon heterojunction …