Input parameters for the simulation of silicon solar cells in 2014

A Fell, KR McIntosh, PP Altermatt… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Within the silicon photovoltaics (PV) community, there are many approaches, tools, and
input parameters for simulating solar cells, making it difficult for newcomers to establish a …

A roadmap toward 24% efficient PERC solar cells in industrial mass production

B Min, M Müller, H Wagner, G Fischer… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many manufacturers choose the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) approach in order
to surpass the 20% cell efficiency level in mass production. In this paper, we study the …

On effective surface recombination parameters

KR McIntosh, LE Black - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
This paper examines two effective surface recombination parameters: the effective surface
recombination velocity S eff and the surface saturation current density J 0 s. The …

Enhanced Passivation Effect of Tunnel Oxide Prepared by Ozone‐Gas Oxidation (OGO) for n‐Type Polysilicon Passivated Contact (TOPCon) Solar Cells

L Yang, Y Ou, X Lv, N Lin, Y Zeng, Z Hu… - Energy & …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, a stack of heavily doped polysilicon (poly‐Si) and tunnel oxide (SiOx) is widely
employed to improve the passivation performance in n‐type tunnel oxide passivated contact …

TOPerc Solar Cell: An Integral Approach of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) and Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact (PERC) Architectures for Achieving …

S Sadhukhan, S Acharyya, T Panda… - Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) on p‐type mono silicon has a roadmap for
achieving> 24% efficiency. The decrease of the full‐area rear metal contact to partial rear …

[BOOK][B] New perspectives on surface passivation: Understanding the Si-Al2O3 interface

LE Black - 2016 - books.google.com
The book addresses the problem of passivation at the surface of crystalline silicon solar
cells. More specifically, it reports on a high-throughput, industrially compatible deposition …

Simple and versatile UV-ozone oxide for silicon solar cell applications

S Bakhshi, N Zin, H Ali, M Wilson, D Chanda… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Semiconductor surface clean is sometimes perceived as costly but long recognized as
pivotal in determining the final semiconductor device performance and yield. In this …

Effect of boron concentration on recombination at the p-Si–Al2O3 interface

LE Black, T Allen, KR McIntosh, A Cuevas - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We examine the surface passivation properties of Al 2 O 3 deposited on boron-doped
planar⟨ 100⟩ crystalline silicon surfaces as a function of the boron concentration. Both …

Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of gallium oxide on crystalline silicon: demonstration of surface passivation and negative interfacial charge

TG Allen, A Cuevas - physica status solidi (RRL)–Rapid …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we report on the passivation of crystalline silicon by gallium oxide (Ga2O3) using
oxygen plasma as the oxidizing reactant in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process …

Effect of Erbium Incorporation on SiNO/c-Si Interface in Silicon-Based Optoelectronic Devices

L Yang, Y Fan, X Lv, H Pang, S Yuan… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During the fabrication process of erbium (Er)-doped Si-based light-emitting devices (LEDs),
it is well known that high-temperature annealing is necessary for the activation of Er3+ ions …