Stable Electron‐Selective Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Enabling Efficiency over 21.6%
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202005554
Abstract: Crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells featuring carrier‐selective passivating contacts have become a prominent path to develop highly efficient photovoltaic devices. Development of electron‐selective materials that can provide excellent surface passivation and low contact resistivity to… read more here.
Keywords: crystalline silicon; silicon solar; efficiency; electron selective ... See more keywords
High‐Performance Transparent Electron‐Selective Contact for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202407290
Abstract: High‐efficiency silicon solar cells featuring doped silicon layer‐based carrier‐selective contacts suffer from optical losses due to parasitic absorption. In this work, a high‐performance electron‐selective contact with high transparency is presented, consisting of intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous… read more here.
Keywords: electron selective; solar cells; silicon solar; contact ... See more keywords
Enhanced Carrier Selectivity and Superior Passivation in Cost‐Effective Heterogeneous Hybrid Transport Layers for Next Generation Silicon Solar Cells
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202409070
Abstract: Hybrid hole transport layers (HHTLs) consisting of‐a low‐cost, low‐temperature, dopant‐free, organic, hole‐selective poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulphonate (PEDOT:PSS) and an inorganic homogenous tunnel oxides (HoTOs), such as SiOx, TiOx, and AlOx have allowed significant improvements in carrier selectivity… read more here.
Keywords: passivation; transport layers; silicon solar; selectivity ... See more keywords
Dopant‐Free and Carrier‐Selective Heterocontacts for Silicon Solar Cells: Recent Advances and Perspectives
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.201700547
Abstract: Abstract By combining the most successful heterojunctions (HJ) with interdigitated back contacts, crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells (SCs) have recently demonstrated a record efficiency of 26.6%. However, such SCs still introduce optical/electrical losses and technological… read more here.
Keywords: dopant free; silicon solar; carrier selective; hole selective ... See more keywords
MoOx/Ag/MoOx multilayers as hole transport transparent conductive electrodes for n‐type crystalline silicon solar cells
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DOI: 10.1002/er.5145
Abstract: Substitution of highly doped layers with conventional transparent conductive electrodes as carrier collecting and selective contacts in conventional crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cell configurations is crucial in increasing affordability of solar cells by lowering material… read more here.
Keywords: crystalline silicon; transparent conductive; silicon solar; conductive electrodes ... See more keywords
A Novel Ultra-Low Work Function TbFx for High Efficiency Dopant-Free Silicon Solar Cells.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300879
Abstract: The ability of carrier selective contact is mainly determined by the surface passivation and work function for dopant-free materials applied in crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, which have received considerable attention in recent years. In… read more here.
Keywords: solar cells; work function; silicon solar;
High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells with Chemical and Field-Effect Passivation Using Novel 2PACz/MoOx Hole-Selective Contacts.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.202502453
Abstract: Dopant-free crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells face critical challenges in hole transport layer (HTL) design, where conventional molybdenum oxide (MoOx) contacts suffer from interface oxidation and insufficient electron blocking. While self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) demonstrate potential… read more here.
Keywords: moox; solar cells; chemical field; silicon solar ... See more keywords
Comparative study on the effect of magnetic field on the photocurrent density of organic, dye-sensitized and silicon solar cells
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DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-02078-2
Abstract: The effect of magnetic field on the photocurrent generation of three main types of solar cells with entirely different structures, i.e., organic, dye-sensitized and silicon solar cells, is investigated. The magnetic field effect on photocurrent… read more here.
Keywords: dye sensitized; silicon solar; sensitized silicon; magnetic field ... See more keywords
An investigation on determinants of silver paste metallization contact performance on crystalline silicon solar cells
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DOI: 10.1007/s10854-020-03145-9
Abstract: Since the application of silver (Ag) electrodes is of vital importance to the power output of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, the factors affecting Ag paste metallization contact performance on Si wafers need to get… read more here.
Keywords: crystalline silicon; paste; silicon solar; performance ... See more keywords
Efficiency enhancement of silicon solar cells by silicon quantum dots embedded in ZnO films as down-shifting coating
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DOI: 10.1007/s10854-020-04576-0
Abstract: In the present work, the incorporation of silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) in zinc oxide (ZnO) films to develop coatings that improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells is reported. The down-shifting conversion of the SiQDs… read more here.
Keywords: zno; silicon solar; zno films; efficiency ... See more keywords
Efficiency enhancement of an ultra-thin film silicon solar cell using conical-shaped nanoparticles: similar to superposition (top, middle, and bottom)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11082-020-02487-2
Abstract: The use of conical-shaped plasmonic nanostructures for light management in an ultra-thin silicon solar cell has been investigated. The optical absorption and hence photocurrent are obtained for several cases of structures using finite difference time… read more here.
Keywords: ultra thin; solar cell; conical shaped; silicon solar ... See more keywords