Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry

C Ballif, FJ Haug, M Boccard, PJ Verlinden… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics has long been considered energy intensive and
costly. Over the past decades, spectacular improvements along the manufacturing chain …

Progress in the understanding of light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation in silicon solar cells: a review

D Chen, M Vaqueiro Contreras, A Ciesla… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
At present, the commercially dominant and rapidly expanding PV‐device technology is
based on the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) design developed at UNSW …

The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap

GM Wilson, M Al-Jassim, WK Metzger… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past decade, the global cumulative installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown
exponentially, reaching 591 GW in 2019. Rapid progress was driven in large part by …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen-induced degradation: Explaining the mechanism behind light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation in n-and p-type silicon

D Chen, P Hamer, M Kim, C Chan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) has been extensively studied
on p-type silicon materials with increasing evidence suggesting the involvement of …

Gallium‐doped silicon for high‐efficiency commercial passivated emitter and rear solar cells

NE Grant, PP Altermatt, T Niewelt, R Post… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Czochralski‐grown gallium‐doped silicon wafers are now a mainstream substrate for
commercial passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) devices and allow retention of …

On the defect physics behind light and elevated temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) of multicrystalline silicon solar cells

J Schmidt, D Bredemeier… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State-of-the-art solar cells with passivated surfaces fabricated on block-cast multicrystalline
silicon (mc-Si) wafers show a pronounced degradation in efficiency under illumination at …

[HTML][HTML] Lifetime instabilities in gallium doped monocrystalline PERC silicon solar cells

NE Grant, JR Scowcroft, AI Pointon, M Al-Amin… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gallium doped silicon is an industrially viable alternative to boron doped silicon for
photovoltaics, and is assumed to be immune from light-induced degradation. We have …

Development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar cells via an improved understanding of the behaviour of hydrogen in silicon

BJ Hallam, PG Hamer… - Progress in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The understanding and development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar
cells are presented. Hydrogen passivation is incorporated into virtually all silicon solar cells …

Comprehensive review on performance, reliability, and roadmap of c‐Si PV modules in desert climates: A proposal for improved testing standard

B Adothu, S Kumar, JJ John, G Oreski… - Progress in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Desert regions have emerged as ideal places for GW utility‐scale photovoltaic (PV) module
installations because of their ultra‐large spaces, abundance of high‐irradiance sunshine …

Influence of dopant elements on degradation phenomena in B‐and Ga‐doped Czochralski‐grown silicon

W Kwapil, J Dalke, R Post, T Niewelt - Solar RRL, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The response of lifetime samples made from boron‐and gallium‐doped Czochralski‐grown
silicon from the same producer to light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation …