Carrier‐selective contacts using metal compounds for crystalline silicon solar cells

J Ibarra Michel, J Dréon, M Boccard… - Progress in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar cells rely on the efficient generation of electrons and holes and the subsequent
collection of these photoexcited charge carriers at spatially separated electrodes. High wafer …

Dopant‐free passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: Progress and prospects

Y Wang, ST Zhang, L Li, X Yang, L Lu, D Li - EcoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the contact scheme has driven the technology revolution of crystalline
silicon (c‐Si) solar cells. The state‐of‐the‐art high‐efficiency c‐Si solar cells such as silicon …

Achieving 23.83% conversion efficiency in silicon heterojunction solar cell with ultra‐thin MoOx hole collector layer via tailoring (i)a‐Si:H/MoOx interface

L Cao, P Procel, A Alcañiz, J Yan… - Progress in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thin films of transition metal oxides such as molybdenum oxide (MoOx) are attractive for
application in silicon heterojunction solar cells for their potential to yield large short‐circuit …

Low Oxygen Content MoOx and SiOx Tunnel Layer Based Heterocontacts for Efficient and Stable Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Approaching 22% Efficiency

J Li, Q Kang, Y Wang, Z Zhou, Z Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells, the hole transport layer (HTL) made of high oxygen
content MoOx (x> 2.85, H‐MoOx) evaporating from molybdenum trioxide is not ideal due to …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for realizing high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

Y Zhao, P Procel, C Han, L Cao, G Yang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells have achieved a record efficiency of 26.81% in a
front/back-contacted (FBC) configuration. Moreover, thanks to their advantageous high V OC …

Effective Hydrogenation Strategies to Boost Efficiency over 20% for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell with Al2O3/Cu2O Passivating Contact

L Li, L Ying, Y Lin, X Li, X Zhou, G Du… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Passivation interlayers such as Al2O3 are required to improve the hole selectivity of dopant‐
free passivating contact based on transition metal oxides. For the interlayer to provide low …

Progress in passivating selective contacts for heterojunction silicon solar cells

Y Zhang, T Shi, L Duan, B Hoex, Z Tang - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology, particularly silicon solar cells (SSCs), has emerged as a key
player in meeting this demand due to its mature technology, prolonged stability, non-toxicity …

Recent advancements in carrier-selective contacts for high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells: Industrially evolving approach

KWA Chee, BK Ghosh, I Saad, Y Hong, QH **a, P Gao… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Carrier-selective crystalline silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells have already reached
superior lab-scale efficiencies. Besides judicious wafer thickness design, the optimal choice …

Photon management in silicon photovoltaic cells: A critical review

MJ Hossain, M Sun, KO Davis - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2024 - Elsevier
With the practical efficiency of the silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell approaching its theoretical
limit, pushing conversion efficiencies even higher now relies on reducing every type of …

Impedance spectroscopy and transport mechanism of molybdenum oxide thin films for silicon heterojunction solar cell application

MM Makhlouf, H Khallaf, MM Shehata - Applied Physics A, 2022 - Springer
A comprehensive study is reported for temperature-dependent current–voltage (I–V–T),
capacitance–voltage (C–V–T), and impedance spectroscopy measurements carried out in …