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 …

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 …

Molybdenum oxide MoOx: A versatile hole contact for silicon solar cells

J Bullock, A Cuevas, T Allen, C Battaglia - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
This letter examines the application of transparent MoO x (x< 3) films deposited by thermal
evaporation directly onto crystalline silicon (c-Si) to create hole-conducting contacts for …

Strong electron acceptor of a fluorine-containing group leads to high performance of perovskite solar cells

X Gong, H Li, R Zhou, X Peng, Y Ouyang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites have become one of the most promising thin-film solar
cell materials owing to their remarkable photovoltaic properties. However, nonradiative …

Construction of efficient silicon solar cells through polymetallic oxidation-reduction triggered by thermite reaction

Y Li, Z Chen, B Zhang, H Chen, R Zhou, B Nan… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimal metal-semiconductor contact interface is crucial for semiconductor devices,
particularly for silicon solar cells aluminum-silicon contact is a key to improve the efficiency …

Fourteen percent efficiency ultrathin silicon solar cells with improved infrared light management enabled by hole‐selective transition metal oxide full‐area rear …

H Nasser, MZ Borra, EH Çiftpınar… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study investigates the application of hole‐selective transition metal oxide (TMO)
layers (MoOx, V2Ox, and WOx) with silver (Ag) as full‐area rear contact to 22.5 μm‐thick low …

On the application of hole‐selective MoOx as full‐area rear contact for industrial scale p‐type c‐Si solar cells

H Nasser, F Es, M Zolfaghari Borra… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present the feasibility of integrating substoichiometric molybdenum oxide (MoOx) as
hole‐selective rear contact into the production sequence of industrial scale p‐type …

Proof-of-concept p-type silicon solar cells with molybdenum oxide local rear contacts

J Bullock, C Samundsett, A Cuevas… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper explores the application of transparent MoO (x< 3) films as hole-collecting
contacts on the rear side of crystalline silicon solar cells. Two dimensional simulations …

Simulation studies on MoS2 (n)/a-Si: H (i)/c-Si (p)/MoO3 heterojunction solar cells using one sided short diode approximation

H Deka, AK Sunaniya, P Agarwal - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
C-Si based heterojunction solar cells with dopant-free electron and hole transport layers
(ETL and HTL) have attracted the researcher's attention due to their high efficiency and …

Numerical power balance and free energy loss analysis for solar cells including optical, thermodynamic, and electrical aspects

J Greulich, H Hoeffler, U Wuerfel, S Rein - Journal of Applied Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A method for analyzing the power losses of solar cells is presented, supplying a complete
balance of the incident power, the optical, thermodynamic, and electrical power losses and …