Dopant-free materials for carrier-selective passivating contact solar cells: A review

S Acharyya, S Sadhukhan, T Panda, DK Ghosh… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The basics of dopant-free materials used as carrier-selective layers at the surfaces and
interfaces in c-Si or poly-Si solar cells have been reviewed. Emphasis has been given to the …

Engineering Silicon Interfaces with Transparent AlyTiOx/ZnO/TiO2 Stack Exhibiting Exceptional Passivating Contact Performance

MM Shehata, G Bartholazzi… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Passivating contact technologies are essential for fabricating high‐efficiency crystalline
silicon (c‐Si) solar cells, and their application and incorporation into manufacturing lines has …

Recent progress in two-dimensional material/group-III nitride hetero-structures and devices

T Lin, Y Zeng, X Liao, J Li, C Zhou… - Reports on Progress in …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) material (graphene, MoS2, MXene, etc.)/group-III nitride
(GaN, AlN, and their compounds) hetero-structures have been given special attention, on …

Disentangling the role of the SnO layer on the pyro‐phototronic effect in ZnO‐based self‐powered photodetectors

EMF Vieira, JPB Silva, K Gwozdz, A Kaim, NM Gomes… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐powered photodetectors (PDs) have been recognized as one of the develo** trends
of next‐generation optoelectronic devices. Herein, it is shown that by introducing a thin layer …

ZnO/Si heterojunction solar cell fabricated by atomic layer deposition and hydrothermal methods

R Pietruszka, BS Witkowski, E Zielony, K Gwozdz… - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Currently, the first generation of silicon solar cells is dominating the photovoltaic market.
Silicon cells are produced by various methods, which employ either crystalline or multi …

Modelling, simulation, optimization of Si/ZnO and Si/ZnMgO heterojunction solar cells

S Vallisree, R Thangavel… - Materials Research …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Currently, crystalline and polycrystalline silicon wafer based solar cells dominate the
photovoltaic market, which employs expensive manufacturing processes. Zinc oxide is one …

Fabrication and characterization of solution processed Al/Sn: ZnO/p-Si photodiodes

S Ruzgar, M Caglar - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2020 - Elsevier
This study describes the deposition of ZnO thin films with various Sn do** concentration
by a solution-based spin coating method. The effect of Sn do** on structural ZnO thin films …

Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of atomic layer deposited Hf-doped ZnO

B Alfakes, C Garlisi, J Villegas, A Al-Hagri… - Surface and Coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
Generation of hydrogen using photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has attracted
researchers for the last two decades. Several materials have been utilized as a photoanode …

Zinc oxide: a fascinating material for photovoltaic applications

P Kumari, A Srivastava, RK Sharma, D Sharma… - … for innovative energy …, 2022 - Springer
Zinc oxide (ZnO), an attractive functional material having fascinating properties like large
band gap (~ 3.37 eV), large exciton binding energy (~ 60 meV), high transparency, high …

Combinatorial sputtering of Ga-doped (Zn, Mg) O for contact applications in solar cells

PP Rajbhandari, A Bikowski, JD Perkins… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of tunable contact materials based on environmentally friendly
chemical elements using scalable deposition approaches is necessary for existing and …