Thin, flexible, and efficient silicon solar cells would revolutionize the photovoltaic market and
open up new opportunities for PV integration. However, as an indirect semiconductor, silicon …

Despite the promise of thin-film Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe) chalcopyrite and CdTe
photovoltaic technologies with respect to reducing cost per watt of solar energy conversion …

A [4-(3, 6-dimethyl-9 H-carbazol-9-yl) butyl] phosphonic acid (Me-4PACz) self-assembled
monolayer (SAM) has been employed in perovskite devices demonstrating high efficiencies …

Improving the photoconversion efficiency of silicon solar cells is crucial to further the
deployment of renewable electricity. Essential device properties such as lifetime, series …

Recent achievements in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells and
perovskite/SHJ tandem solar cells place hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) at the …

In this work, the efficiency of n-type silicon solar cells with a front side boron-doped emitter
and a full-area tunnel oxide passivating electron contact was studied experimentally as a …

We have developed heterojunction interdigitated back contact solar cell with conversion
efficiency of 26.6%(designated area: 180 cm 2) independently confirmed by Fraunhofer …

In this work passivated rear contacts are used to replace point contact passivation schemes
for high-efficiency n-type crystalline silicon solar cells. Our structure is based on an ultra-thin …

Perovskite-silicon (Si) tandem solar cells are the most prominent contenders to succeed
single-junction Si cells that dominate the market today. Yet, to justify the added cost of …

Passivating contacts based on poly‐Si/SiOx structures also known as TOPCon (tunnel oxide
passivated contacts) have a great potential to improve the efficiency of crystalline silicon …