Inorganic photovoltaics–planar and nanostructured devices

J Ramanujam, A Verma, B González-Díaz… - Progress in Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since its invention in the 1950s, semiconductor solar cell technology has evolved in great
leaps and bounds. Solar power is now being considered as a serious leading contender for …

Amorphous carbon nitride dual-function anti-reflection coating for crystalline silicon solar cells

AJ Addie, RA Ismail, MA Mohammed - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells have dominated the photovoltaic industry for decades.
However, due to high reflectivity and the presence of numerous types of surface …

Measurement of poly-Si film thickness on textured surfaces by X-ray diffraction in poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts for monocrystalline Si solar cells

K Chen, A Bothwell, H Guthrey, MB Hartenstein… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycrystalline Silicon on tunneling silicon oxide (poly-Si/SiO x) passivating contacts have
shown great potential for the next-generation monocrystalline Si (c-Si) industrial photovoltaic …

Strengthened adsorption and corrosion inhibition of new single imidazole-type ionic liquid molecules to copper surface in sulfuric acid solution by molecular …

Y Shi, Y Fu, S Xu, H Huang, S Zhang, Z Wang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study proposes to use molecular aggregation method of organic ionic liquid molecules
(OILMs) to intensify adsorption and corrosion inhibition to copper surface in sulfuric acid …

Optical properties and performance of pyramidal texture silicon heterojunction solar cells: K ey role of vertex angles

Z Mrazkova, IP Sobkowicz, M Foldyna… - Progress in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon heterojunction solar cells with pyramidal textured surfaces created by different
etching conditions and their properties related to device efficiency (short‐circuit current …

Optimization of TiAlN/TiAlON/Si3N4 solar absorber coatings

L An, ST Ali, T Søndergaard, J Nørgaard, YC Tsao… - Solar Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
A procedure to optimize a solar absorber coating stack with layers of TiAlN, TiAlON, and Si 3
N 4, prepared using direct current magnetron sputtering on stainless steel with a Mo buffer …

Fast determination of the current loss mechanisms in textured crystalline Si-based solar cells

A Nakane, S Fujimoto, H Fujiwara - Journal of Applied Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
A quite general device analysis method that allows the direct evaluation of optical and
recombination losses in crystalline silicon (c-Si)-based solar cells has been developed. By …

Data analysis

JN Hilfiker, J Sun, N Hong - … : Volume 1: Fundamental Principles and Solar …, 2018 - Springer
Data analysis is an important aspect of spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). The measurement is
directly related to the polarization change of probing light upon reflection from a sample …

Simple interference based colorization of Si based solar cells and panels with ITO/SiNx: H double layer antireflective coatings

M Rudzikas, A Šetkus, M Stange, J Ulbikas, A Ulyashin - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The integration of solar modules into buildings offers a highly attractive area for enlarging
the market of commercial solar cells. Therefore, cost-effective industrial approaches to …

Broadband triple-layer SiOx/SiOxNy/SiNx antireflective coatings in textured crystalline silicon solar cells

TW Kuo, NF Wang, YZ Tsai, PK Hung… - Materials science in …, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to reduce textured crystalline silicon (TCS) substrate surface-
reflectivity over a wide spectral range (300–1100 nm), to improve the step coverage of the …