The crystalline silicon (c-Si) based technologies occupy 95% market share in the global
photovoltaic (PV) production capacity. The conversion efficiency of silicon heterojunction …

Crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction (HJT) solar cells are one of the promising
technologies for next-generation industrial high-efficiency silicon solar cells, and many …

Copper‐plated interconnects were widely adopted for volume manufacture of integrated
circuits after more than a decade of intensive research to demonstrate that use of Cu would …

This paper reviews recent progress made at CSEM on the development of low-temperature
processes for the fabrication of amorphous silicon-based passivated contacts and for the …

Bifacial (BF) copper‐plated crystalline silicon solar cell is an attractive topic to concurrently
reduce silver consumption and maintain good device performance. However, it is still …

The needs of thin-film solar cells are a significant driver in transparent conductor research,
making it vital that these requirements are properly understood. Here we demonstrate that …

Copper plating can provide significant cost savings over screen printed Ag for industrially
produced Si photovoltaic modules, however concerns exist with regard to the durability of …

With the increasing world-energy demand there is a growing necessity for clean and
renewable energy. This book offers an introduction to novel types of solar cells, which are …

A key step in industrialization of photovoltaics (PV) is the development of low-cost and large-
area metallization processes to substitute the standard screen-printing process of silver …

Low production cost and simplified process are the prerequisites for large-scale
commercialization of highly efficient silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. In this paper, an …