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 …

Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

TG Allen, J Bullock, X Yang, A Javey, S De Wolf - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The global photovoltaic (PV) market is dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) based
technologies with heavily doped, directly metallized contacts. Recombination of photo …

Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: an overview of the current advances and future perspectives

W Li, Z Xu, Y Yan, J Zhou, Q Huang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) are poised to be crucial in limiting global warming by replacing
traditional fossil fuel generation. Within the PV community, crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A universal perovskite/C60 interface modification via atomic layer deposited aluminum oxide for perovskite solar cells and perovskite–silicon tandems

K Artuk, D Turkay, MD Mensi, JA Steele… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The primary performance limitation in inverted perovskite‐based solar cells is the interface
between the fullerene‐based electron transport layers and the perovskite. Atomic layer …

Indoor thin‐film photovoltaics: progress and challenges

M Li, F Igbari, ZK Wang, LS Liao - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Energy generation and consumption have always been an important component of social
development. Interests in this field are beginning to shift to indoor photovoltaics (IPV) which …

Progress and future prospects of wide‐bandgap metal‐compound‐based passivating contacts for silicon solar cells

K Gao, Q Bi, X Wang, W Liu, C **ng, K Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced doped‐silicon‐layer‐based passivating contacts have boosted the power
conversion efficiency (PCE) of single‐junction crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells to over …

High-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells: materials, devices and applications

Y Liu, Y Li, Y Wu, G Yang, L Mazzarella… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology offers an economic and sustainable solution to the challenge
of increasing energy demand in times of global warming. The world PV market is currently …