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 …

Progress in crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells

B Liang, X Chen, X Wang, H Yuan, A Sun… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
At present, the global photovoltaic (PV) market is dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar
cell technology, and silicon heterojunction solar (SHJ) cells have been developed rapidly …

Silicon‐based passivating contacts: The TOPCon route

SW Glunz, B Steinhauser, JI Polzin… - Progress in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Passivating contacts based on poly‐Si/SiOx structures also known as TOPCon (tunnel oxide
passivated contacts) have a great potential to improve the efficiency of crystalline silicon …

Separating the two polarities of the POLO contacts of an 26.1%-efficient IBC solar cell

C Hollemann, F Haase, M Rienäcker, V Barnscheidt… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
By applying an interdigitated back contacted solar cell concept with poly-Si on oxide
passivating contacts an efficiency of 26.1% was achieved recently. In this paper the impact …

Dual-functional carbon-doped polysilicon films for passivating contact solar cells: regulating physical contacts while promoting photoelectrical properties

Y Lin, Z Yang, Z Liu, J Zheng, M Feng, Y Zhi… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Passivating contact crystalline silicon solar cells are among the most promising industrially
feasible photovoltaic (PV) technologies and require excellent physical contacts to handle …

Design Rule of Electron-and Hole-Selective Contacts for Polycrystalline Silicon-Based Passivating Contact Solar Cells

SI Mo, S Choi, JH An, BJ Kim, KH Min… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell with a polycrystalline silicon/SiO x (poly-Si/SiO x)
structure, incorporating both electron and hole contacts, is an attractive choice for achieving …

Nanopinhole Passivating Contact Si Solar Cells Fabricated with Metal‐Assisted Chemical Etching

C Lima Anderson, W Nemeth… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Monocrystalline Si (c‐Si) solar cells with passivating contacts based on doped
polycrystalline Si (poly‐Si) on≈ 2.0 nm silicon oxide (SiOx) require> 1000° C thermal …

Mechanisms of charge carrier transport in polycrystalline silicon passivating contacts

L Galleni, M Fırat, HS Radhakrishnan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
We use temperature-dependent contact resistivity (ρ c) measurements to systematically
assess the dominant electron transport mechanism in a large set of poly-Si passivating …

Highly passivating and blister-free hole selective poly-silicon based contact for large area crystalline silicon solar cells

A Morisset, R Cabal, B Grange, C Marchat… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Passivating the contacts of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells with a poly-crystalline silicon
(poly-Si) layer on top of a thin silicon oxide (SiO x) is currently sparking interest for reducing …

Influence of SiOx film thickness on electrical performance and efficiency of TOPCon solar cells

Q Wang, W Wu, N Yuan, Y Li, Y Zhang… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The tunnel oxide passivated contact solar cells (TOPCon) on n-type Cz Si wafers instead of
passivated emitter and rear solar cells are currently migrated to mainstream production, with …