Carrier population control and surface passivation in solar cells
Andres Cuevas,Yimao Wan,Di Yan,Christian Samundsett,Thomas Allen,Xinyu Zhang,Jie Cui,James Bullock +7 more
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In this article, different approaches to suppress surface recombination and to manipulate the concentration of charge carriers by means of doping, work function and charge are discussed, as well as some of the many surface-passivating contacts that are being developed for silicon solar cells.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2018-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 102 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Charge carrier & Passivation.read more
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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
TL;DR: 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.
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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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Polysilicon passivated junctions: The next technology for silicon solar cells?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a perspective of the remaining challenges and potential of poly-Si junctions to transform the PV industry, including those associated with the cost of and damage to the polySi layers due to the cell's metallization process.
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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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