Dielectric surface passivation for silicon solar cells: A review

RS Bonilla, B Hoex, P Hamer… - physica status solidi …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon wafer solar cells continue to be the leading photovoltaic technology, and in many
places are now providing a substantial portion of electricity generation. Further adoption of …

High-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells: materials, devices and applications

Y Liu, Y Li, Y Wu, G Yang, L Mazzarella… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology offers an economic and sustainable solution to the challenge
of increasing energy demand in times of global warming. The world PV market is currently …

[HTML][HTML] Reassessment of the intrinsic bulk recombination in crystalline silicon

T Niewelt, B Steinhauser, A Richter, B Veith-Wolf… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Characterisation and optimization of next-generation silicon solar cell concepts rely on an
accurate knowledge of intrinsic charge carrier recombination in crystalline silicon. Reports of …

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 …

Engineering Solutions and Root-Cause Analysis for Light-Induced Degradation in p-Type Multicrystalline Silicon PERC Modules

K Nakayashiki, J Hofstetter… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We identify two engineering solutions to mitigate light-induced degradation (LID) in p-type
multicrystalline silicon passivated emitter and rear cells, including modification of …

From silicon to sunlight: exploring the evolution of solar cell materials

A Mohammad, F Mahjabeen - JURIHUM: Jurnal Inovasi dan …, 2023 - jurnalmahasiswa.com
Examines the development and evolution of solar cell materials with a focus on how these
changes have affected solar energy conversion's effectiveness, stability, and scalability. The …

Understanding the light‐induced degradation at elevated temperatures: Similarities between multicrystalline and floatzone p‐type silicon

T Niewelt, F Schindler, W Kwapil… - Progress in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses degradation phenomena in crystalline silicon. We present new
investigations of the light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation of multicrystalline …

[HTML][HTML] Light-induced activation and deactivation of bulk defects in boron-doped float-zone silicon

T Niewelt, M Selinger, NE Grant, W Kwapil… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we present new insight in the degradation and subsequent recovery of charge
carrier lifetime upon light soaking at 75 C observed in float-zone silicon wafers. Variations of …

[HTML][HTML] Lifetime instabilities in gallium doped monocrystalline PERC silicon solar cells

NE Grant, JR Scowcroft, AI Pointon, M Al-Amin… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gallium doped silicon is an industrially viable alternative to boron doped silicon for
photovoltaics, and is assumed to be immune from light-induced degradation. We have …

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 …