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 …

Surface passivation of crystalline silicon solar cells: Present and future

J Schmidt, R Peibst, R Brendel - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2018 - Elsevier
In the first part of this paper, we review the developments which led to the present state-of-
the-art in the surface passivation of today's industrially predominant dopant-diffused …

Passivating contacts and tandem concepts: Approaches for the highest silicon-based solar cell efficiencies

M Hermle, F Feldmann, M Bivour… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The efficiency of photovoltaic energy conversion is a decisive factor for low-cost electricity
from renewable energies. In recent years, the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells in …

23.5%-efficient silicon heterojunction silicon solar cell using molybdenum oxide as hole-selective contact

J Dréon, Q Jeangros, J Cattin, J Haschke, L Antognini… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Interest in silicon heterojunction solar cells is growing due to their manufacturing simplicity
and record efficiencies. However, a significant limitation of these devices still stems from …

Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: From concepts and materials to prospects

J Melskens, BWH Van De Loo, B Macco… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To further increase the conversion efficiency of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, it is vital to
reduce the recombination losses associated with the contacts. Therefore, a contact structure …

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 …

22.5% efficient silicon heterojunction solar cell with molybdenum oxide hole collector

J Geissbühler, J Werner, S Martin de Nicolas… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Substituting the doped amorphous silicon films at the front of silicon heterojunction solar
cells with wide-bandgap transition metal oxides can mitigate parasitic light absorption …

High-Performance TiO2-Based Electron-Selective Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells.

X Yang, Q Bi, H Ali, K Davis… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2016 - europepmc.org
High-Performance TiO2 -Based Electron-Selective Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells.
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Transition metal oxides as hole-selective contacts in silicon heterojunctions solar cells

LG Gerling, S Mahato, A Morales-Vilches… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work reports on a comparative study comprising three transition metal oxides, MoO 3,
WO 3 and V 2 O 5, acting as front p-type contacts for n-type crystalline silicon heterojunction …