Thin film silicon is an attractive and versatile material for photovoltaics whose manufacturing
reached a high level of maturity. Owing to its moderate efficiency compared to crystalline …

We have developed a microcrystalline silicon oxide (μc-SiO x: H) p-type emitter layer that
significantly improves the light incoupling at the front side of silicon heterojunction solar cells …

Lower absorption, lower refractive index, and tunable resistance are three advantages of
amorphous silicon oxide containing nanocrystalline silicon grains (nc-SiO x) compared to …

This short communication highlights our latest results towards high‐efficiency
microcrystalline silicon single‐junction solar cells. By combining adequate cell design with …

The major issues of thin-film silicon solar cells have been the light-induced metastability of
hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) and the weak infrared light absorption of …

Significant advances have been made in the recent years to improve the efficiency of single-
and multi-junction solar cells incorporating nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si: H). The …

Si thin‐film solar cells are suitable to the sunbelt region due to a low temperature coefficient
and to building integrated photovoltaics owing to flexible size, easily controllable …

To optimize the optical response of a solar cell, specifically designed materials with
appropriate optoelectronic properties are needed. Owing to the unique microstructure of …

We investigated hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc‐Si: H) films as doped emitter
layers for silicon heterojunction solar cells. Firstly, we focused on the effect of the nc‐Si: H …

Doped layers made of nanostructured silicon phases embedded in a silicon oxide matrix
were implemented in thin film silicon solar cells. Their combination with optimized deposition …