High-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells: A review

S De Wolf, A Descoeudres, ZC Holman, C Ballif - green, 2012 - degruyter.com
Silicon heterojunction solar cells consist of thin amorphous silicon layers deposited on
crystalline silicon wafers. This design enables energy conversion efficiencies above 20% at …

Trap suppression in ordered organic photovoltaic heterojunctions

D He, Y Li, F Zhao, Y Lin - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The high trap density (generally 1016–1018 cm− 3) in organic solar cells (OSCs) brings
about the localization of charge carriers and reduced charge carrier lifetime, mainly due to …

> 21% efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells on n-and p-type wafers compared

A Descoeudres, ZC Holman, L Barraud… - IEEE Journal of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The properties and high-efficiency potential of front-and rear-emitter silicon heterojunction
solar cells on n-and p-type wafers were experimentally investigated. In the low-carrier …

Effects of a‐Si: H layer thicknesses on the performance of a‐Si: H∕ c‐Si heterojunction solar cells

H Fujiwara, M Kondo - Journal of Applied Physics, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
We have fabricated hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a‐Si: H)∕ crystalline silicon (c‐Si)
heterojunction solar cells with different a‐Si: H layer thicknesses, in order to determine …

[PDF][PDF] Nanotube-silicon heterojunction solar cells

Y Jia, J Wei, K Wang, A Cao, Q Shu, X Gui, Y Zhu… - Adv. Mater, 2008 - academia.edu
The 1D nanoscale structure, high mobility, and excellent physical and electronic properties
of carbon nanotubes [1–3] offer great promise in the development of high-efficiency solar …

Design optimization of bifacial HIT solar cells on p-type silicon substrates by simulation

L Zhao, CL Zhou, HL Li, HW Diao, WJ Wang - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) solar cells fabricated on p-type silicon substrates
usually demonstrate inferior performance than those formed on n-type substrates. The …

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 …

Improving the efficiency of a-Si: H/c-Si thin heterojunction solar cells by using both antireflection coating engineering and diffraction grating

H Bencherif, L Dehimi, F Pezzimenti, FG Della Corte - Optik, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present an analytical study of the impact of light trapping and multilayer
antireflection coating (ARC) on the electrical characteristics of n (a-Si: H)/i (a-Si: H)/p (c …

Simulation and study of the influence of the buffer intrinsic layer, back-surface field, densities of interface defects, resistivity of p-type silicon substrate and transparent …

VA Dao, J Heo, H Choi, Y Kim, S Park, S Jung… - Solar Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
The influence of various parameters such as buffer intrinsic layers, back-surface fields,
densities of interface defects (Dit), the resistivity of p-type silicon substrates (ρ) and then …

Enhanced absorption in Au nanoparticles/a-Si: H/c-Si heterojunction solar cells exploiting Au surface plasmon resonance

M Losurdo, MM Giangregorio, GV Bianco… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2009 - Elsevier
Au nanoparticles (NPs)/(n-type) a-Si: H/(p-type) c-Si heterojunctions have been deposited
combining plasma-enhanced chemical-vapour deposition (PECVD) with Au sputtering. We …