Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

TG Allen, J Bullock, X Yang, A Javey, S De Wolf - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The global photovoltaic (PV) market is dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) based
technologies with heavily doped, directly metallized contacts. Recombination of photo …

Magnesium: properties and rich chemistry for new material synthesis and energy applications

CH Shin, HY Lee, C Gyan-Barimah, JH Yu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnesium (Mg) has many unique properties suitable for applications in the fields of energy
conversion and storage. These fields presently rely on noble metals for efficient …

Surface passivation of crystalline silicon solar cells: Present and future

J Schmidt, R Peibst, R Brendel - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2018 - Elsevier
In the first part of this paper, we review the developments which led to the present state-of-
the-art in the surface passivation of today's industrially predominant dopant-diffused …

Earth-abundant photoelectrodes for water splitting and alternate oxidation reactions: Recent advances and future perspectives

MP Suryawanshi, UV Ghorpade, CY Toe… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water splitting by means of photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells offers the promise to
produce cost-effective renewable and clean fuel from abundant sunlight and water. Lately …

Research advances towards large-scale solar hydrogen production from water

G Liu, Y Sheng, JW Ager, M Kraft, R Xu - EnergyChem, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar hydrogen production from water is a sustainable alternative to traditional hydrogen
production route using fossil fuels. However, there is still no existing large-scale solar …

Nanowire photochemical diodes for artificial photosynthesis

V Andrei, I Roh, P Yang - Science advances, 2023 - science.org
Artificial photosynthesis can provide a solution to our current energy needs by converting
small molecules such as water or carbon dioxide into useful fuels. This can be accomplished …

[HTML][HTML] Self-aligned patterning of tantalum oxide on Cu/SiO2 through redox-coupled inherently selective atomic layer deposition

Y Li, Z Qi, Y Lan, K Cao, Y Wen, J Zhang, E Gu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Atomic-scale precision alignment is a bottleneck in the fabrication of next-generation
nanoelectronics. In this study, a redox-coupled inherently selective atomic layer deposition …

Manipulating Intermediates at the Au–TiO2 Interface over InP Nanopillar Array for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction

G Liu, PR Narangari, QT Trinh, W Tu, M Kraft… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) reduction of CO2 with H2O is a promising approach to convert
solar energy and greenhouse gas into value-added chemicals or fuels. However, the exact …

Progress and future prospects of wide‐bandgap metal‐compound‐based passivating contacts for silicon solar cells

K Gao, Q Bi, X Wang, W Liu, C Xing, K Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced doped‐silicon‐layer‐based passivating contacts have boosted the power
conversion efficiency (PCE) of single‐junction crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells to over …

Carrier‐selective contacts using metal compounds for crystalline silicon solar cells

J Ibarra Michel, J Dréon, M Boccard… - Progress in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar cells rely on the efficient generation of electrons and holes and the subsequent
collection of these photoexcited charge carriers at spatially separated electrodes. High wafer …