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 …

Approaching 23% with large‐area monoPoly cells using screen‐printed and fired rear passivating contacts fabricated by inline PECVD

N Nandakumar, J Rodriguez, T Kluge… - Progress in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present n‐type bifacial solar cells with a rear interfacial SiOx/n+: poly‐Si passivating
contact ('monoPoly'cells) where the interfacial oxide and n+: poly‐Si layers are fabricated …

Impact of boron do** on electrical performance and efficiency of n-TOPCon solar cell

Q Wang, W Wu, Y Li, L Yuan, S Yang, Y Sun, S Yang… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A big challenge to improve the conversion efficiency of n-type solar cell is the recombination
and electrical contacting of boron (B)-doped emitters in n-TOPCon solar cells. This work …

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 evaluation of contact recombination and contact resistivity losses in industrial silicon solar cells

M Li, N Iqbal, Z Yang, X Lin, NK Pannaci… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliable characterization techniques to accurately quantify the metallization-induced
recombination losses as well as contact resistivity losses of screen-printed cells are crucial …

Study on selective emitter fabrication through an innovative pre‐diffusion process for enhanced efficiency in TOPCon solar cells

W Chen, W Liu, Y Yu, Y Ke… - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
TOPCon (tunnel oxide passivated contact) solar cell is the mainstream high‐efficiency
crystalline silicon solar cell structure. However, the lack of efficient passivation contact …

Investigation on Effects of the Laser‐Enhanced Contact Optimization Process With Ag Paste in a Boron Emitter for n‐TOPCon Solar Cell

Q Wang, K Guo, S Gu, W Huang… - Progress in …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
TOPCon solar cell with boron (B)‐doped emitters plays an important role in photovoltaic cell
technology. However, a major challenge to further improving the metallization‐induced …

Busbar-free electrode patterns of crystalline silicon solar cells for high density shingled photovoltaic module

W Oh, H Jee, J Bae, J Lee - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
As new technologies for high-performance PV modules are developed and applied, the cost
of the PV modules is also increasing. To reduce the consumption of Ag paste used for the …

Predictive simulation framework for boron diffused p+ layer optimization: Sensitivity analysis of boron tube diffusion process parameters of industrial n-type silicon …

M Li, J Wong, EC Wang, J Rodriguez… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
A predictive simulation framework, combining process and device simulation, is developed
in order to assist in BBr 3 boron tube furnace diffusion process optimization for n-type silicon …

Laser‐Sintered Silver Metallization for Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells

JF Mousumi, Y Bougdid, G Kulkarni, T Li, R Kumar… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a novel metallization technique is reported for crystalline silicon heterojunction
(SHJ) solar cells in which silver (Ag) fingers are printed on the SHJ substrates by dispensing …