State-of-the-art passivation strategies of c-Si for photovoltaic applications: A review

SP Muduli, P Kale - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
The carrier recombination is a major bottleneck in enhancing the power conversion
efficiency of first-generation solar cells. As a remedy, passivation minimizes the …

Eliminating light-induced degradation in commercial p-type Czochralski silicon solar cells

B Hallam, A Herguth, P Hamer, N Nampalli, S Wilking… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper discusses developments in the mitigation of light-induced degradation caused by
boron-oxygen defects in boron-doped Czochralski grown silicon. Particular attention is paid …

Engineering Solutions and Root-Cause Analysis for Light-Induced Degradation in p-Type Multicrystalline Silicon PERC Modules

K Nakayashiki, J Hofstetter… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We identify two engineering solutions to mitigate light-induced degradation (LID) in p-type
multicrystalline silicon passivated emitter and rear cells, including modification of …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen-induced degradation: Explaining the mechanism behind light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation in n-and p-type silicon

D Chen, P Hamer, M Kim, C Chan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) has been extensively studied
on p-type silicon materials with increasing evidence suggesting the involvement of …

Understanding the light‐induced degradation at elevated temperatures: Similarities between multicrystalline and floatzone p‐type silicon

T Niewelt, F Schindler, W Kwapil… - Progress in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses degradation phenomena in crystalline silicon. We present new
investigations of the light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation of multicrystalline …

[HTML][HTML] Lifetime instabilities in gallium doped monocrystalline PERC silicon solar cells

NE Grant, JR Scowcroft, AI Pointon, M Al-Amin… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gallium doped silicon is an industrially viable alternative to boron doped silicon for
photovoltaics, and is assumed to be immune from light-induced degradation. We have …

Development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar cells via an improved understanding of the behaviour of hydrogen in silicon

BJ Hallam, PG Hamer… - Progress in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The understanding and development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar
cells are presented. Hydrogen passivation is incorporated into virtually all silicon solar cells …

Modulation of carrier‐induced defect kinetics in multi‐crystalline silicon PERC cells through dark annealing

C Chan, TH Fung, M Abbott, D Payne, A Wenham… - Solar Rrl, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this letter, we report on significant changes caused after dark annealing to the kinetics of
the carrier‐induced defect, present in p‐type multi‐crystalline silicon PERC cells. The …

Advanced hydrogenation of dislocation clusters and boron-oxygen defects in silicon solar cells

BJ Hallam, PG Hamer, S Wang, L Song, N Nampalli… - Energy Procedia, 2015 - Elsevier
Advanced hydrogenation processes targeting the generation of neutrally charged hydrogen
(H°) are applied to passivate structural defects in seeded-cast quasi mono-crystalline silicon …

Light and elevated temperature induced degradation in p-type and n-type cast-grown multicrystalline and mono-like silicon

HC Sio, H Wang, Q Wang, C Sun, W Chen, H **… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
We compare light induced degradation behaviours in lifetime samples and fully fabricated
solar cells made from p-type boron-doped high performance multicrystalline silicon, p-type …