Silicon heterojunction solar cells: Techno-economic assessment and opportunities

A Razzaq, TG Allen, W Liu, Z Liu, S De Wolf - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The ever-increasing electricity demand from renewables has stimulated growth in the
photovoltaic (PV) industry. Yet, while grid parity has already been achieved in several …

High-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells: materials, devices and applications

Y Liu, Y Li, Y Wu, G Yang, L Mazzarella… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology offers an economic and sustainable solution to the challenge
of increasing energy demand in times of global warming. The world PV market is currently …

From silicon to sunlight: exploring the evolution of solar cell materials

A Mohammad, F Mahjabeen - JURIHUM: Jurnal Inovasi dan …, 2023 - jurnalmahasiswa.com
Examines the development and evolution of solar cell materials with a focus on how these
changes have affected solar energy conversion's effectiveness, stability, and scalability. The …

Low-resistivity p-type a-Si: H/AZO hole contact in high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

Z Wu, W Duan, A Lambertz, D Qiu, M Pomaska… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decreasing the contact resistance between hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) and
transparent conductive oxide film (TCO) is beneficial for achieving high efficiency silicon …

[HTML][HTML] Design and optimization of hole collectors based on nc-SiOx: H for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

Y Zhao, P Procel, C Han, L Mazzarella, G Yang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Low activation energy (E a) and wide bandgap (E g) are essential for (p)-contacts to achieve
effective hole collection in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. In this work, we study …

Numerical simulation approaches of crystalline‐Si photovoltaics

T Sugiura, N Nakano - Energy Science & Engineering, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study reviews the current methods of numerical simulations for crystalline‐Si (c‐Si)
photovoltaic (PV) cells. The increased demand for PV devices has led to significant …

Modulation of the TCO/MoOx Front Contact Enables >21% High-Efficiency Dopant-Free Silicon Solar Cells

J Li, Y Chen, Q Qiu, Y Bai, Y Gao, W Liu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Highly efficient dopant-free silicon solar cell requires effective electron-and hole-selective
contacts. We have recently reported a remarkable efficiency of 21.3% for dopant-free silicon …

Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Utilizing Dual-Layer Intrinsic Amorphous Silicon with Intermediate Hydrogen Plasma Treatment as the Passivation Layer

X Wang, G Chen, Y Li, Y Liu, G Wang… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The elevated open-circuit voltage (V oc) observed in silicon heterojunction solar cells is
ascribed to the excellent passivation of the amorphous–crystalline silicon interface. This …

New metric for carrier selective contacts for silicon heterojunction solar cells

RK Sharma, M Boccard, J Holovský - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterojunction carrier selective contacts for solar cells have gained great attention because
of the ability of these contacts to efficiently collect majority carriers while hindering the …

Microscopic Origins of Contact Deterioration During Annealing of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Contacts

S Lange, A Hähnel, C Luderer, D Adner… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the last years, the dominating charge carrier transport barrier in silicon heterojunction
(SHJ) solar cells could be boiled down to the contact of the indium–tin oxide (ITO) to the …