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 …

Skin care for healthy silicon solar cells

A Cuevas, T Allen, J Bullock, Y Wan… - 2015 IEEE 42nd …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effective surface treatments suppress possible recombination losses and confine
photogenerated electrons and holes within the bulk of the silicon wafer, thus maximizing …

Hole-selective NiO: Cu contact for NiO/Si heterojunction solar cells

X Yang, J Guo, Y Zhang, W Liu, Y Sun - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018 - Elsevier
Heterojunction architectures become a major trend in the development of high power
conversion efficiency (PCE) c-Si solar cell in recent. However, NiO as a prevailing material …

Electroplated contacts and porous silicon for silicon based solar cells applications

K Kholostov, L Serenelli, M Izzi, M Tucci… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a two-layer metallization for silicon based solar cells is presented. The
metallization consists of thin nickel barrier and thick copper conductive layers, both obtained …

Electroplated nickel/tin solder pads for rear metallization of solar cells

K Kholostov, L Serenelli, M Izzi, M Tucci… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we report on the feasibility of formation of nickel/tin solder pads and bus bars
directly electroplated onto the aluminum screen-printed rear metallization layer of silicon …

Influence of particle velocity of copper on emitter contact by cold-spray method

B Kang, KD Lee, J Lee, JW Choi, SS Yoon… - Journal of Thermal …, 2016 - Springer
In this study, we investigated cold-sprayed copper as a front contact for crystalline silicon
solar cells. Copper powder was deposited on a monocrystalline silicon wafer with variation …

Summary of the 4th workshop on metallization for crystalline silicon solar cells

G Beaucarne, G Schubert, J Hoornstra - Energy Procedia, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The 4 th Metallization Workshop held in May 2013 in Constance, Germany, enabled
experts in metallization for crystalline silicon solar cells to obtain a clear view on the status of …

Porous silicon technology, a breakthrough for silicon photonics: From packaging to monolithic integration

M Balucani, A Klyshko, K Kholostov… - 2014 IEEE 64th …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low cost concept based on the porous silicon technology is shown to be well suitable for
integrating monolithically the photonic devices on a standard silicon wafers by using …

High uniformity and high speed copper pillar plating technique

K Kholostov, A Klyshko, D Ciarniello… - 2014 IEEE 64th …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we report the application of the selective wet processing technique based on
dynamic liquid meniscus for copper pillar bumps (CPB) plating. The industrial plating of …

Localized metal plating on aluminum back side PV cells

M Balucani, K Kholostov, L Serenelli… - 2014 IEEE 64th …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we demonstrate a new selective metallization technique to perform localized
plating on the screen-printed Al contact using the innovative approach based on Dynamic …