In order to further improve cell efficiency and reduce cost in achieving grid parity, a large
number of PV manufacturing companies, universities and research institutes have been …

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 …

We demonstrate damage-free laser contact openings in silicon oxide layers on
polycrystalline silicon on oxide (POLO) passivating contacts. A pulsed UV-laser evaporates …

Despite the maturity of crystalline silicon photovoltaics (c-Si PV), the last 6 years have seen
a string of efficiency improvements, most of which are centered around reducing the losses …

Doped polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si), when coupled with a thin SiO 2 interlayer, is of large
interest for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells due to its outstanding passivating contact …

For crystalline-silicon solar cells, voltages close to the theoretical limit are nowadays readily
achievable when using passivating contacts. Conversely, maximal current generation …

By applying an interdigitated back contacted solar cell concept with poly-Si on oxide
passivating contacts an efficiency of 26.1% was achieved recently. In this paper the impact …

The carrier transport through the silicon-oxide (SiO x) layer in tunnel oxide passivated
contact (TOPCon) c-Si solar cells has been studied experimentally and by simulation. The …

As photovoltaics (PVs) made out of crystalline silicon (c-Si) have become more
commonplace, the past decade has witnessed leaps and bounds in performance advances …

In this study, we have investigated the effect of SiO x thickness (1–3 nm) on the performance
of polycrystalline (poly) Si/SiO x/monocrystalline Si (c-Si) passivated contacts. Our results …