High efficiency perovskite‐silicon tandem solar cells: effect of surface coating versus bulk incorporation of 2D perovskite

T Duong, H Pham, TC Kho, P Phang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed‐dimensional perovskite solar cells combining 3D and 2D perovskites have recently
attracted wide interest owing to improved device efficiency and stability. Yet, it remains …

Reassessment of intrinsic lifetime limit in n-type crystalline silicon and implication on maximum solar cell efficiency

BA Veith-Wolf, S Schäfer, R Brendel… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Unusually high carrier lifetimes are measured by photoconductance decay on n-type
Czochralski-grown silicon wafers of different do** concentrations, passivated using …

Temperature-dependent performance of silicon solar cells with polysilicon passivating contacts

AHT Le, R Basnet, D Yan, W Chen… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The temperature coefficient (TC) is a critical figure of merit to accurately evaluate the
performance of solar cells at various operating temperatures, and hence, enabling the …

On the quantification of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon

LE Black, DH Macdonald - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantification of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon is usually challenging because it
requires distinguishing Auger recombination from extrinsic recombination processes …

[HTML][HTML] Taking monocrystalline silicon to the ultimate lifetime limit

T Niewelt, A Richter, TC Kho, NE Grant… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
A central quantity to assess the high quality of monocrystalline silicon (on scales beyond
mere purity) is the minority charge carrier lifetime. We demonstrate that the lifetime in high …

Charge fluctuations at the Si–SiO2 interface and its effect on surface recombination in solar cells

RS Bonilla, I Al-Dhahir, M Yu, P Hamer… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Si–SiO 2 interface has and will continue to play a major role in the
development of silicon photovoltaic devices. This work presents a detailed examination of …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing dielectric-silicon interfaces through surface electric fields during firing

RS Bonilla, I Al-Dhahir, X Niu, PP Altermatt… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Minimising charge losses at silicon interfaces is a major development area for highly
efficient solar cells. Here we report on the interface improvements achieved by establishing …

Excellent ONO passivation on phosphorus and boron diffusion demonstrating a 25% efficient IBC solar cell

TC Kho, KC Fong, M Stocks, K McIntosh… - Progress in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents results of a laboratory‐scale interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cell
with an independently measured efficiency of 25.0%, featuring open‐circuit voltage of 716 …

Efficient Passivation and Low Resistivity for p+-Si/TiO2 Contact by Atomic Layer Deposition

N Mozaffari, H Shen, Y Yin, Y Li, D Hiller… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The monolithic, two-terminal (2-T) perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell is a promising
candidate to increase the power conversion efficiency beyond the theoretical limit of 29.4 …

[HTML][HTML] Anodic oxidations: Excellent process durability and surface passivation for high efficiency silicon solar cells

NE Grant, TC Kho, KC Fong, E Franklin… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate the versatility of anodically grown silicon dioxide (SiO 2) films in the context
of process durability and exceptional surface passivation for high efficiency (> 23%) silicon …