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 …

Investigation of H2 Plasma Incorporated ALD-TiOx Films as Hole-Selective Passivating Contacts in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

CH Chen, SN Berriel, TM Currie… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present an integrated method for the deposition of TiO x through introducing
H2 plasma pulses into the atomic layer deposition process. The potential of TiO x films …

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 …

Laser‐Sintered Silver Metallization for Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells

JF Mousumi, Y Bougdid, G Kulkarni, T Li, R Kumar… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a novel metallization technique is reported for crystalline silicon heterojunction
(SHJ) solar cells in which silver (Ag) fingers are printed on the SHJ substrates by dispensing …

Influence of firing temperature on APCVD poly-Si properties for fired passivating contacts

T Okker, R Glatthaar, S Seren, G Hahn… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate the usage of boron-doped polycrystalline-silicon (poly-Si) fabricated by
atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition for the formation of fired passivating …

Effect of glass frit composition on reliability of silver paste metallization in crystalline silicon solar cells

H Li, X Sun, J Xing, Y Yang, X Yuan… - Materials Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Glass frit used in conductive silver (Ag) pastes has a significant impact not only on the
electrical performance but also on the long-term reliability of metallized electrodes in …

[PDF][PDF] 基于POLO 钝化接触结构的晶硅电池技术及其研究进展

张天杰, 屈小勇, 郭永刚, 吴翔, 高嘉庆… - Journal of Synthetic …, 2022 - researching.cn
多晶硅氧化物(POLO) 结构是在晶硅表面依次生长一层极薄的界面氧化层与多晶硅层所形成的钝
化接触结构. 基于POLO 结构的钝化接触技术不仅能够获得优异的表面钝化特性 …

n-type silicon solar cells

S Dubois, B Paviet-Salomon, J Chen, W Favre… - 2023 - IET
n-type silicon (Si) technologies played a major role in the early age of photovoltaics (PV).
Indeed, the Bell Laboratories prepared the first practical solar cells from n-type crystalline Si …