Printing technologies for silicon solar cell metallization: A comprehensive review

S Tepner, A Lorenz - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a comprehensive overview on printing technologies for metallization of
solar cells. Throughout the last 30 years, flatbed screen printing has established itself as the …

Advancements in end-of-life crystalline silicon photovoltaic module recycling: Current state and future prospects

P Su, Y He, Y Feng, Q Wan, T Li - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2024 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the photovoltaic industry, it has brought abundant renewable
energy to society, but at the same time, it is also accompanied by a series of negative …

[HTML][HTML] Game changers in science and technology-now and beyond

UAK Betz, L Arora, RA Assal, H Azevedo… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent devastating pandemic has drastically reminded humanity of the importance of
constant scientific and technological progress. A strong interdisciplinary dialogue between …

Design considerations for the bottom cell in perovskite/silicon tandems: a terawatt scalability perspective

M Wright, BV Stefani, TW Jones, B Hallam… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Perovskite/silicon tandems have smashed through the 30% efficiency barrier, which
represents a promising step towards high efficiency solar modules. However, the processing …

22.8% efficient ion implanted PERC solar cell with a roadmap to achieve 23.5% efficiency: A process and device simulation study

S Kashyap, J Madan, R Pandey, J Ramanujam - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Among all available photovoltaic (PV) technology options, c-Si based passivated emitter
rear cell (PERC) has already proved its mettle by delivering more than 22% conversion …

Review of laser do** and its applications in silicon solar cells

M Vaqueiro-Contreras, B Hallam… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Laser-doped selective emitter diffusion techniques have become mainstream in solar cell
manufacture covering 60% of the market share in 2022 and are expected to continue to …

AFORS-HET-based numerical exploration of tunnel oxide passivated contact solar cells incorporating n-and p-type silicon substrates

R Saeed, S Tahir, A Ali, H Albalawi, A Ashfaq - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of a tunnel oxide interfacial layer capped by a highly doped poly-Si layer
is considered one of the most promising methods to reduce charge carrier recombination …

Design and simulations of 24.7% efficient silicide on oxide-based electrostatically doped (SILO-ED) carrier selective contact PERC solar cell

S Kashyap, R Pandey, J Madan, R Sharma - Micro and Nanostructures, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicon-based passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) has emerged as a mainstream high-
efficiency cell technology in recent years. However, inherent contact recombination loss …

Exploring the efficiency limiting parameters trade-off at rear surface in passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) silicon solar cells

AK Sharma, S Mitra, S Behera, PK Basu - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, there is a growing interest in reducing the various losses occurring at the
rear surface of passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) silicon solar cells through …

Influence of Plasma‐Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Poly‐Si Layer Thickness on the Wrap‐Around and the Quantum Efficiency of Bifacial n‐TOPCon (Tunnel …

B Grübel, H Nagel, B Steinhauser… - … status solidi (a), 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In typical industrial processing of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cells, poly‐
Si is deposited on the entire back of the cells. During the deposition process, a wrap‐around …