Crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics has long been considered energy intensive and
costly. Over the past decades, spectacular improvements along the manufacturing chain …

The global photovoltaic (PV) market is dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) based
technologies with heavily doped, directly metallized contacts. Recombination of photo …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Thin films of transition metal oxides such as molybdenum oxide (MoOx) are attractive for
application in silicon heterojunction solar cells for their potential to yield large short‐circuit …

Passivating contacts based on poly‐Si/SiOx structures also known as TOPCon (tunnel oxide
passivated contacts) have a great potential to improve the efficiency of crystalline silicon …

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 …

In crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells, the hole transport layer (HTL) made of high oxygen
content MoOx (x> 2.85, H‐MoOx) evaporating from molybdenum trioxide is not ideal due to …