Silicon heterojunction solar cells: Recent technological development and practical aspects-from lab to industry

J Haschke, O Dupré, M Boccard, C Ballif - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2018 - Elsevier
We review the recent progress of silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. Recently, a new
efficiency world record for silicon solar cells of 26.7% has been set by Kaneka Corp. using …

Relaxed current matching requirements in highly luminescent perovskite tandem solar cells and their fundamental efficiency limits

AR Bowman, F Lang, YH Chiang… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Perovskite-based tandem solar cells are of increasing interest as they approach
commercialization. Here we use experimental parameters from optical spectroscopy …

Potential of interdigitated back-contact silicon heterojunction solar cells for liquid phase crystallized silicon on glass with efficiency above 14%

CT Trinh, N Preissler, P Sonntag, M Muske… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Liquid phase crystallization of silicon (LPC-Si) on glass is a promising method to produce
high quality multi-crystalline Si films with macroscopic grains. In this study, we report on …

Optical Characterization of H-Free a-Si Layers Grown by rf-Magnetron Sputtering by Inverse Synthesis Using Matlab: Tauc–Lorentz–Urbach Parameterization

E Márquez, JJ Ruíz-Pérez, M Ballester, AP Márquez… - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several, nearly-1-µ m-thick, pure, unhydrogenated amorphous-silicon (a-Si) thin layers were
grown at high rates by non-equilibrium rf-magnetron Ar-plasma sputtering (RFMS) onto …

Spectroscopic ellipsometry study of non-hydrogenated fully amorphous silicon films deposited by room-temperature radio-frequency magnetron sputtering on glass …

E Márquez, E Blanco, C García-Vázquez… - Journal of Non …, 2020 - Elsevier
The complex dielectric functions of unhydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin films,
grown by the radio-frequency magnetron-sputtering (RFMS) technique, at room temperature …

The influence of Ar pressure on the structure and optical properties of non-hydrogenated a-Si thin films grown by rf magnetron sputtering onto room-temperature glass …

E Márquez, E Saugar, JM Díaz… - Journal of Non …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Seven 1.1–1.4-μm-thick hydrogen-free amorphous‑silicon (a-Si) thin films were
deposited at high rates (larger than 10 Å/s), by rf magnetron sputtering (RFMS) onto room …

Silicon solar cells on glass with power conversion efficiency above 13% at thickness below 15 micrometer

P Sonntag, N Preissler, M Bokalič, M Trahms… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Liquid phase crystallized silicon on glass with a thickness of (10–40) μm has the potential to
reduce material costs and the environmental impact of crystalline silicon solar cells …

Kinetics of gold-induced layer exchange crystallization of amorphous silicon suboxide films: Experimental and theoretical study

AO Zamchiy, YV Vorobyov, NA Lunev… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The kinetics of gold-induced crystallization (AuIC) of amorphous silicon suboxide (a-SiO x,
x= 0.2) films in the layer exchange mode was detailed studied by variation of the annealing …

Polycrystalline silicon thin films for solar cells via metal-induced layer exchange crystallization

AO Zamchiy, EA Baranov - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solar photovoltaics (PV) has the potential to take center stage in global energy in the future.
Today, crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV technology dominates the global PV market, with a share …

Toward high solar cell efficiency with low material usage: 15% efficiency with 14 μm polycrystalline silicon on glass

S Garud, CT Trinh, D Abou-Ras, B Stannowski… - Solar …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid‐phase‐crystallized silicon (LPC‐Si) is a bottom‐up approach to creating solar cells
with the potential to avoid material loss and energy usage in wafer slicing techniques. A …