Fourth-generation solar cells: a review

F Rehman, IH Syed, S Khanam, S Ijaz, H Mehmood… - Energy …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar cells have provided a solution to the prevailing energy crisis and environmental
contamination in the ongoing energy-driven era because of their potential to utilize solar …

Dopant‐free passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: Progress and prospects

Y Wang, ST Zhang, L Li, X Yang, L Lu, D Li - EcoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the contact scheme has driven the technology revolution of crystalline
silicon (c‐Si) solar cells. The state‐of‐the‐art high‐efficiency c‐Si solar cells such as silicon …

Performance optimization of CH3NH3Pb (I1-xBrx) 3 based perovskite solar cells by comparing different ETL materials through conduction band offset engineering

A Ahmed, K Riaz, H Mehmood, T Tauqeer, Z Ahmad - Optical Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations can provide the physical insights into the carrier transport mechanism
in the solar cells, and the factors influencing their performance. In this paper, perovskite …

Integrated analysis of the energy and economic efficiency of PCM as an indoor decoration element: Application to an apartment building

BY Yun, JH Park, S Yang, S Wi, S Kim - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Among latent heat thermal energy storage system (LHTES), phase change material (PCM)
can be considered as one of the critical components to reach Zero Energy Buildings (ZEBs) …

Recent advancements in carrier-selective contacts for high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells: Industrially evolving approach

KWA Chee, BK Ghosh, I Saad, Y Hong, QH Xia, P Gao… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Carrier-selective crystalline silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells have already reached
superior lab-scale efficiencies. Besides judicious wafer thickness design, the optimal choice …

High-efficiency hybrid solar cell with a nano-crystalline silicon oxide layer as an electron-selective contact

MQ Khokhar, SQ Hussain, S Chowdhury… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The efficiency of silicon heterojunction solar cells is limited by various factors including low
surface passivation, parasitic absorption, and recombination losses. Herein, the surface …

Fourteen percent efficiency ultrathin silicon solar cells with improved infrared light management enabled by hole‐selective transition metal oxide full‐area rear …

H Nasser, MZ Borra, EH Çiftpınar… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study investigates the application of hole‐selective transition metal oxide (TMO)
layers (MoOx, V2Ox, and WOx) with silver (Ag) as full‐area rear contact to 22.5 μm‐thick low …

On the application of hole‐selective MoOx as full‐area rear contact for industrial scale p‐type c‐Si solar cells

H Nasser, F Es, M Zolfaghari Borra… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present the feasibility of integrating substoichiometric molybdenum oxide (MoOx) as
hole‐selective rear contact into the production sequence of industrial scale p‐type …

Interfacial engineering of ZnS passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells achieving 20% efficiency

Y Wang, Z Gu, L Li, S Liu, J Li, L Lu, X Li, W Liu… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the widespread use of metal oxides as electron selective contacts (ESCs) in dopant-
free passivating contact crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, their stability and performance …

Physical device simulation of dopant-free asymmetric silicon heterojunction solar cell featuring tungsten oxide as a hole-selective layer with ultrathin silicon oxide …

H Mehmood, H Nasser, SMH Zaidi, T Tauqeer… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The dopant-related issues are amongst the major performance bottleneck in crystalline
silicon solar cells that can be alleviated via implementation of dopant-free layers. This work …