Temperature effect of photovoltaic cells: a review

C Sun, Y Zou, C Qin, B Zhang, X Wu - Advanced Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
The environmental problems caused by the traditional energy sources consumption and
excessive carbon dioxide emissions are compressing the living space of mankind and …

Progress in the understanding of light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation in silicon solar cells: a review

D Chen, M Vaqueiro Contreras, A Ciesla… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
At present, the commercially dominant and rapidly expanding PV‐device technology is
based on the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) design developed at UNSW …

Understanding the light‐induced degradation at elevated temperatures: Similarities between multicrystalline and floatzone p‐type silicon

T Niewelt, F Schindler, W Kwapil… - Progress in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses degradation phenomena in crystalline silicon. We present new
investigations of the light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation of multicrystalline …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen-induced degradation: Explaining the mechanism behind light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation in n-and p-type silicon

D Chen, P Hamer, M Kim, C Chan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) has been extensively studied
on p-type silicon materials with increasing evidence suggesting the involvement of …

On the defect physics behind light and elevated temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) of multicrystalline silicon solar cells

J Schmidt, D Bredemeier… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State-of-the-art solar cells with passivated surfaces fabricated on block-cast multicrystalline
silicon (mc-Si) wafers show a pronounced degradation in efficiency under illumination at …

Carrier-induced degradation in multicrystalline silicon: Dependence on the silicon nitride passivation layer and hydrogen released during firing

C Vargas, K Kim, G Coletti, D Payne… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Carrier-induced degradation (CID) of multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells has been
receiving significant attention; however, despite this increasing interest, the defect (or …

Possible candidates for impurities in mc‐Si wafers responsible for light‐induced lifetime degradation and regeneration

D Bredemeier, DC Walter, J Schmidt - Solar RRL, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the light‐induced carrier lifetime degradation and regeneration at elevated
temperature in multicrystalline silicon (mc‐Si) wafers of different thicknesses. The …

Kinetics of carrier-induced degradation at elevated temperature in multicrystalline silicon solar cells

W Kwapil, T Niewelt, MC Schubert - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2017 - Elsevier
The degradation kinetics of multicrystalline silicon solar cells and wafers at elevated
temperature (often termed “LeTID”) depend on the specific temperature and injection …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating root cause: The distinct roles of hydrogen and firing in activating light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation

MA Jensen, A Zuschlag, S Wieghold… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The root cause of light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) in
multicrystalline silicon p-type passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) devices is still …

Correlation study between LeTID defect density, hydrogen and firing profile in Ga-doped crystalline silicon

J Simon, R Fischer-Süßlin, R Zerfaß… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Light-and elevated Temperature-induced Degradation (LeTID) remains a challenge for the
long-term stability of silicon-based solar cells. Despite numerous publications and studies …