Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry

C Ballif, FJ Haug, M Boccard, PJ Verlinden… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics has long been considered energy intensive and
costly. Over the past decades, spectacular improvements along the manufacturing chain …

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 …

Centimetre-scale perovskite solar cells with fill factors of more than 86 per cent

J Peng, F Kremer, D Walter, Y Wu, Y Ji, J **ang, W Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Owing to rapid development in their efficiency and stability, perovskite solar cells are at the
forefront of emerging photovoltaic technologies. State-of-the-art cells exhibit voltage …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the synthesis of transition metal nitride nanostructures and their energy related applications

Q Luo, C Lu, L Liu, M Zhu - Green Energy & Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Transition metal nitrides (TMN) have recently grabbed immensely appealing as ideal active
materials in energy storage and catalysis fields on account of their remarkable electrical …

Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: an overview of the current advances and future perspectives

W Li, Z Xu, Y Yan, J Zhou, Q Huang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) are poised to be crucial in limiting global warming by replacing
traditional fossil fuel generation. Within the PV community, crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar …

A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%

M Köhler, M Pomaska, P Procel, R Santbergen… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
A highly transparent passivating contact (TPC) as front contact for crystalline silicon (c-Si)
solar cells could in principle combine high conductivity, excellent surface passivation and …

Carrier‐selective contacts using metal compounds for crystalline silicon solar cells

J Ibarra Michel, J Dréon, M Boccard… - Progress in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar cells rely on the efficient generation of electrons and holes and the subsequent
collection of these photoexcited charge carriers at spatially separated electrodes. High wafer …

Dopant‐free passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: Progress and prospects

Y Wang, ST Zhang, L Li, X Yang, L Lu, D Li - EcoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the contact scheme has driven the technology revolution of crystalline
silicon (c‐Si) solar cells. The state‐of‐the‐art high‐efficiency c‐Si solar cells such as silicon …

Progress and future prospects of wide‐bandgap metal‐compound‐based passivating contacts for silicon solar cells

K Gao, Q Bi, X Wang, W Liu, C **ng, K Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced doped‐silicon‐layer‐based passivating contacts have boosted the power
conversion efficiency (PCE) of single‐junction crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells to over …

High‐Performance Transparent Electron‐Selective Contact for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

D Xu, Q Bi, K Li, K Gao, X Wang, W Shi… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐efficiency silicon solar cells featuring doped silicon layer‐based carrier‐selective
contacts suffer from optical losses due to parasitic absorption. In this work, a high …