Passivated emitter and rear cell—Devices, technology, and modeling

R Preu, E Lohmüller, S Lohmüller… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Current studies reveal the expectation that photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion will become
the front-runner technology to stem against the extent of global warming by the middle of this …

Metal contact recombination in monoPoly™ solar cells with screen-printed & fire-through contacts

P Padhamnath, J Wong, B Nagarajan, JK Buatis… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a detailed analysis of the contact properties with screen printed fire-through (FT)
metal pastes on phosphorus doped (n+) polysilicon (poly-Si) layers. Two different pastes are …

Pathways for efficiency improvements of industrial PERC silicon solar cells

N Balaji, D Lai, V Shanmugam, PK Basu, A Khanna… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The global manufacturing capacity of Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) devices on p-
type Czochralski-grown silicon (Cz-Si) wafers is increasing rapidly. This paper analyses …

Modelling of hydrogen transport in silicon solar cell structures under equilibrium conditions

P Hamer, B Hallam, RS Bonilla, PP Altermatt… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a model for the introduction and redistribution of hydrogen in silicon
solar cells at temperatures between 300 and 700 C based on a second order backwards …

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 comprehensive investigation of the potential of metal assisted chemical etched (MACE) nano-textures over conventional micron-sized iso-textures for industrial …

KP Sreejith, AK Sharma, PK Basu, A Kottantharayil - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive comparative analysis of acid textured and MACE (Metal
Assisted Chemical Etching) nano-textured multi crystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells …

Challenges for lowly-doped phosphorus emitters in silicon solar cells with screen-printed silver contacts

S Werner, E Lohmüller, S Maier, S Mourad, A Wolf - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
This work points out that the application of phosphorus emitters with low surface
concentration N surf of a few 10 19 cm-3 in combination with state-of-the-art screen-printed …

Influence of random pyramid surface texture on silver screen-printed contact formation for monocrystalline silicon wafer solar cells

A Khanna, PK Basu, A Filipovic, V Shanmugam… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Most industrial monocrystalline silicon wafer (mono-Si) solar cells are metallised by screen
printing. Silver (Ag) pastes are commonly used to form electrodes to phosphorus-doped n+ …

Determination of metal contact recombination parameters for silicon wafer solar cells by photoluminescence imaging

V Shanmugam, T Mueller, AG Aberle, J Wong - Solar Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In order to reliably extract metal–silicon interface recombination parameters to aid
optimization of silicon wafer solar cell designs, a test metallization pattern with regions of …

Electrical and mechanical properties of plated Ni/Cu contacts for Si solar cells

S Kluska, J Bartsch, A Büchler, G Cimiotti, AA Brand… - Energy Procedia, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Plated Ni/Cu/Ag contacts are an industrially feasible metallization approach for high
efficiency c-Si solar cells with low surface do** concentrations (10 18 cm-3< ND< 10 20 …