23.5%-efficient silicon heterojunction silicon solar cell using molybdenum oxide as hole-selective contact
Julie Dreon,Quentin Jeangros,Jean Cattin,Jan Haschke,Luca Antognini,Christophe Ballif,Mathieu Boccard +6 more
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In this paper, the influence of the MoOx and intrinsic a-Si:H thicknesses on current-voltage properties and discuss transport and performance-loss mechanisms is discussed. But the authors focus on the front-side hole-selective layer.About:
This article is published in Nano Energy.The article was published on 2020-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 163 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Amorphous silicon & Passivation.read more
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High-Efficiency Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Materials, Devices and Applications
Yuqiang Liu,Yajuan Li,Yiliang Wu,Guangtao Yang,Luana Mazzarella,Paul Procel-Moya,Adele C. Tamboli,Klaus Weber,Mathieu Boccard,Olindo Isabella,Xinbo Yang,Baoquan Sun +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the development status of high-efficiency crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction solar cells, from the materials to devices, mainly including hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) based silicon heterjunction technology, polycrystalline silicon based carrier selective passivating contact technology, metal compounds and organic materials based dopant-free contact technology are reviewed.
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Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors survey the key changes related to materials and industrial processing of silicon PV components and discuss what it will take for other PV technologies to compete with silicon on the mass market.
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A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%
Malte Köhler,Malte Köhler,Manuel Pomaska,Paul Procel,Rudi Santbergen,A. O. Zamchiy,Bart Macco,Andreas Lambertz,Weiyuan Duan,Pengfei Cao,Benjamin Klingebiel,Shenghao Li,Alexander Eberst,Alexander Eberst,Martina Luysberg,Kaifu Qiu,Kaifu Qiu,Olindo Isabella,Friedhelm Finger,Thomas Kirchartz,Thomas Kirchartz,Uwe Rau,Uwe Rau,Kaining Ding +23 more
TL;DR: Kohler et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a passivating contact based on a double layer of nanocrystalline silicon carbide that overcomes the trade-offs of conductivity, defect passivation and optical transparency.
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On the contribution of solar energy to sustainable developments goals: Case study on Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
Khaled Obaideen,Maryam Nooman AlMallahi,Abdul Hai Alami,Abdul Hai Alami,Mohamad Ramadan,Mohamad Ramadan,Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem,Nabila Shehata,Abdul Ghani Olabi +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlighted the contribution of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park in the United Arab Emirates to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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Atomic Layer Deposition of Vanadium Oxide as Hole-Selective Contact for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
Xinbo Yang,Xinbo Yang,Hang Xu,Wenzhu Liu,Qunyu Bi,Lujia Xu,Jingxuan Kang,Mohamed N. Hedhili,Baoquan Sun,Xiaohong Zhang,Stefaan De Wolf +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, De Bastiani et al. presented a contactless capacitance-voltage (C-V ) measurement with a competitive grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 91833303).
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