Silicon heterojunction solar cells achieving 26.6% efficiency on commercial-size p-type silicon wafer

X Ru, M Yang, S Yin, Y Wang, C Hong, F Peng, Y Yuan… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Heterojunction formed at the amorphous/crystalline silicon (a-Si: H/c-Si) interface exhibits
distinctive electronic characteristics for application in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells …

Progress with defect engineering in silicon heterojunction solar cells

M Wright, BV Stefani, A Soeriyadi… - physica status solidi …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the low temperature processing constraint in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells,
no defect engineering to improve silicon wafer quality is typically incorporated during cell …

Investigating wafer quality in industrial czochralski‐grown gallium‐doped p‐type silicon ingots with melt recharging

R Basnet, C Sun, T Le, Z Yang, A Liu, Q **… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a systematic study of the electronic quality of gallium‐doped p‐type silicon wafers
from Czochralski‐grown ingots with melt recharging is presented. It is found that in the as …

Temperature-dependent performance of silicon solar cells with polysilicon passivating contacts

AHT Le, R Basnet, D Yan, W Chen… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The temperature coefficient (TC) is a critical figure of merit to accurately evaluate the
performance of solar cells at various operating temperatures, and hence, enabling the …

Understanding the strong apparent injection dependence of carrier lifetimes in doped polycrystalline silicon passivated wafers

R Basnet, D Yan, P Phang, T Truong, D Kang… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the injection dependence of carrier lifetimes of p‐and n‐type
samples passivated by doped‐polycrystalline silicon (poly‐Si)(p+ and n+ poly‐Si) contacts …

Transparent Hole‐Selective Molybdenum Oxide Passivating Contact with Chlorine‐Based Interlayer Enabling 22.5% Efficient Silicon Solar Cells

G Bartholazzi, MM Shehata, C Samundsett… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The need to increase transparency in existing passivating contacts for crystalline silicon
solar cells has motivated the development of transparent contacts based on transition metal …

Auger-limited bulk lifetimes in industrial Czochralski-grown n-type silicon ingots with melt recharging

A Kashizadeh, R Basnet, L Black, C Samundsett… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study reports on the electronic properties of industrial phosphorus-doped n-type silicon
ingots for photovoltaic applications grown using the Recharged Czochralski method. The …

Impact of pre-fabrication treatments on n-type UMG wafers for 21% efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells

R Basnet, W Weigand, JY Zhengshan, C Sun… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silicon heterojunction solar cells achieve high conversion efficiency due to the excellent
surface passivation provided by the hydrogenated intrinsic amorphous silicon films …

[HTML][HTML] Origins of hydrogen that passivates bulk defects in silicon heterojunction solar cells

C Sun, W Weigand, J Shi, Z Yu, R Basnet… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Silicon heterojunction solar cell fabrication incorporates a significant amount of hydrogen
into the silicon wafer bulk, and the amount of injected hydrogen is comparable to that …

Novel Interlayer Boosting the Performance of Evaporated Cu2O Hole‐Selective Contacts in Si Solar Cells

G Bartholazzi, MM Shehata, R Basnet… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Passivating contacts based on transition metal oxides are of great interest for applications in
crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells due to their improved optical transparency and potential …