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

With a global market share of about 90%, crystalline silicon is by far the most important
photovoltaic technology today. This article reviews the dynamic field of crystalline silicon …

This Third Edition updates a landmark text with the latest findings The Third Edition of the
internationally lauded Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization brings the text …

The reduction in electronic recombination losses by the passivation of silicon surfaces is a
critical enabler for high-efficiency solar cells. In 2006, aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3) nanolayers …

The perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell represents one of the most promising avenues for
exceeding the Shockley–Queisser limit for single‐junction solar cells at a reasonable cost …

In the 1980s, advances in the passivation of both cell surfaces led to the first crystalline
silicon solar cells with conversion efficiencies above 20%. With today's industry trend …

Excellent surface passivation of c-Si has been achieved by Al 2 O 3 films prepared by
plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition, yielding effective surface recombination velocities …

We demonstrate through precise numerical simulations the possibility of flexible, thin-film
solar cells, consisting of crystalline silicon, to achieve power conversion efficiency of 31 …

Silicon wafer solar cells continue to be the leading photovoltaic technology, and in many
places are now providing a substantial portion of electricity generation. Further adoption of …

High-efficiency silicon solar cells strongly rely on an effective reduction of charge carrier
recombination at their surfaces, ie surface passivation. Today's industrial silicon solar cells …