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 …

Photon management in silicon photovoltaic cells: A critical review

MJ Hossain, M Sun, KO Davis - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2024 - Elsevier
With the practical efficiency of the silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell approaching its theoretical
limit, pushing conversion efficiencies even higher now relies on reducing every type of …

Impact of acetic acid exposure on metal contact degradation of different crystalline silicon solar cell technologies

N Iqbal, M Li, TS Sakthivel, K Mikeska, M Lu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Degradation due to acetic acid in photovoltaic (PV) modules has been a commonly
observed phenomenon for both damp-heat exposure and outdoor operations. Acetic acid is …

Characterization of front contact degradation in monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules following damp heat exposure

N Iqbal, DJ Colvin, EJ Schneller, TS Sakthivel… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reliability and durability tests play a key role in the photovoltaic (PV) industry by minimizing
potential failure risks for both existing and new cell and module technologies. In this work, a …

Impact of firing temperature on fire-through metal contacts to P-doped (n+) and B-doped (p+) poly-Si

P Padhamnath, A Khanna, N Nandakumar… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Screen-printed contacts to doped polysilicon (poly-Si) layers with high-temperature fire-
through pastes is one of the key enablers for widespread industrial acceptance of …

A review on the development of metal grids for the upscaling of perovskite solar cells and modules

JMC da Silva Filho, AD Gonçalves, FC Marques… - Solar …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lab‐scale perovskite solar cells have reached efficiencies as high as the best
monocrystalline silicon cells, with expectations that their manufacturing costs could be lower …

Multiscale characterization of photovoltaic modules—Case studies of contact and interconnect degradation

N Iqbal, DJ Colvin, AJ Curran, F Li… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current popularity of photovoltaic (PV) systems is due in large part to their exceptional
reliability and significantly lower cost than other energy sources. Studying cell and module …

Phosphorus-doped polysilicon passivating contacts deposited by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

JF Mousumi, H Ali, G Gregory, C Nunez… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we present a high quality tunnel oxide passivating, electron-selective contact
that is formed using an in-situ phosphorus-doped polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) layer …

Process–Structure–Properties Relationships of Passivating, Electron‐Selective Contacts Formed by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Phosphorus …

JF Mousumi, G Gregory, JP Ganesan… - physica status solidi …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we investigate the process–structure–properties relationships of in situ phosphorus
(P)‐doped polycrystalline silicon (poly‐Si) films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor …

Upright pyramids vs. inverted pyramids surface textures: a comparative investigation on the electrical properties of PERC solar cells

R Tong, C Li, S Ma, X Liu, S Zou, D Liu - Journal of Materials Science …, 2023 - Springer
Surface texturing is one of the key steps in the manufacturing process of mono-crystalline
silicon solar cells. The mainstream texturing process applied currently is based on alkaline …