Review of light-induced degradation in crystalline silicon solar cells

J Lindroos, H Savin - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2016 - Elsevier
Although several advances have been made in the characterization and the mitigation of
light-induced degradation (LID), industrial silicon solar cells still suffer from different types of …

Degradation of crystalline silicon due to boron–oxygen defects

T Niewelt, J Schön, W Warta, SW Glunz… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper gives an overview on the current understanding of a technologically relevant
defect group in crystalline silicon related to the presence of boron and oxygen. It is …

Evidence of an identical firing-activated carrier-induced defect in monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon

D Chen, M Kim, BV Stefani, BJ Hallam… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
While progress has been made in understanding the behaviour of the recently identified
carrier-induced degradation mechanism in p-type multicrystalline silicon solar cells, little is …

Progress in the understanding of light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation in silicon solar cells: a review

D Chen, M Vaqueiro Contreras, A Ciesla… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
At present, the commercially dominant and rapidly expanding PV‐device technology is
based on the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) design developed at UNSW …

Development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar cells via an improved understanding of the behaviour of hydrogen in silicon

BJ Hallam, PG Hamer… - Progress in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The understanding and development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar
cells are presented. Hydrogen passivation is incorporated into virtually all silicon solar cells …

Advanced hydrogenation of dislocation clusters and boron-oxygen defects in silicon solar cells

BJ Hallam, PG Hamer, S Wang, L Song, N Nampalli… - Energy Procedia, 2015 - Elsevier
Advanced hydrogenation processes targeting the generation of neutrally charged hydrogen
(H°) are applied to passivate structural defects in seeded-cast quasi mono-crystalline silicon …

Eliminating light-induced degradation in commercial p-type Czochralski silicon solar cells

B Hallam, A Herguth, P Hamer, N Nampalli, S Wilking… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper discusses developments in the mitigation of light-induced degradation caused by
boron-oxygen defects in boron-doped Czochralski grown silicon. Particular attention is paid …

Status review and future perspectives on mitigating light-induced degradation on silicon-based solar cells

ZY Yeo, ZP Ling, JW Ho, QX Lim, YH So… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicon-based solar cells and modules currently constitute the majority of photovoltaic
systems deployed globally with a market share exceeding 90%, stemming from the …

Acceleration and mitigation of carrier‐induced degradation in p‐type multi‐crystalline silicon

DNR Payne, CE Chan, BJ Hallam… - physica status solidi …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, a new carrier‐induced defect has been reported in multi‐crystalline silicon (mc‐
Si), and has been shown to be particularly detrimental to the performance of passivated …

[HTML][HTML] On the kinetics of high intensity illuminated annealing of n-type SHJ solar cells: 0.4% abs efficiency gain in one second

M Wright, AH Soeriyadi, M Kim, B Wright… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells are at the forefront of high efficiency industrial solar
cell manufacturing. The rapid increase in efficiency compared with passivated emitter and …