Transport losses at the TCO/a-Si: H/c-Si heterojunction: Influence of different layers and annealing

C Luderer, C Messmer, M Hermle… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To improve silicon heterojunction solar cells even further, minimizing transport losses within
the charge carrier selective junctions and layers is mandatory. With this in mind, we present …

Influence of TCO and a-Si: H doping on SHJ contact resistivity

C Luderer, L Tutsch, C Messmer… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Resistive losses in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells are partly linked to transport
barriers at the amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon (a-Si: H/c-Si) and transparent conductive …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing transparent conducting oxides by DC sputtering on ultrathin SiOx/poly-Si passivating contacts

L Tutsch, F Feldmann, J Polzin, C Luderer… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work addresses the development of transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) for Si solar
cells featuring SiO x/poly-Si based passivating contacts. Minimizing the thickness of the …

Influence of interfacial oxides at TCO/doped Si thin film contacts on the charge carrier transport of passivating contacts

C Messmer, M Bivour, C Luderer… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Minimizing transport losses in novel solar cell concepts is often linked to improvements at
the transparent conductive oxide (TCO)/doped silicon contact. A detailed understanding of …

Unveiling the hybrid n-Si/PEDOT: PSS interface

S Jäckle, M Liebhaber, J Niederhausen… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We investigated the buried interface between monocrystalline n-type silicon (n-Si) and the
highly conductive polymer poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly (styrenesulfonate) …

Bathocuproine: Ag complex functionalized tunneling junction for efficient monolithic perovskite/TOPCon silicon tandem solar cell

Z Ying, X Yang, J Zheng, J Sun, J Xiu, Y Zhu… - Solar …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The single‐crystalline silicon solar cell with tunnel oxide passivating poly‐Si contact
(TOPCon) has developed into one of the most promising and high‐performance n‐type Si …

Optoelectronic performances on different structures of Al‐doped ZnO

Z Liu, P Yang - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ZnO films and Al‐doped ZnO (AZO) films were deposited on p‐Si substrate by magnetron
sputtering to investigate its chemical composition, structural and photoelectric properties …

Damp heat stable doped zinc oxide films

J Hüpkes, JI Owen, M Wimmer, F Ruske, D Greiner… - Thin Solid Films, 2014 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide is widely used as transparent contact in thin film solar cells. We investigate the
damp heat stability of aluminum doped ZnO (ZnO: Al) films sputter deposited at different …

Realizing the Potential of RF-Sputtered Hydrogenated Fluorine-Doped Indium Oxide as an Electrode Material for Ultrathin SiOx/Poly-Si Passivating Contacts

C Han, G Yang, A Montes, P Procel… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In high-efficiency silicon solar cells featuring carrier-selective passivating contacts based on
ultrathin SiO x/poly-Si, the appropriate implementation of transparent conductive oxide …

Intense pulsed light in back end processing of solar cells with passivating contacts based on amorphous or polycrystalline silicon layers

J Schube, L Tutsch, T Fellmeth, F Feldmann… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Intense pulsed light (IPL) is capable of entirely replacing thermal annealing (curing and
contact formation) within back end processing of silicon solar cells with passivating contacts …