SiO2 surface passivation layers–a key technology for silicon solar cells

SW Glunz, F Feldmann - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2018 - Elsevier
High-efficiency silicon solar cells strongly rely on an effective reduction of charge carrier
recombination at their surfaces, ie surface passivation. Today's industrial silicon solar cells …

Molybdenum oxide MoOx: A versatile hole contact for silicon solar cells

J Bullock, A Cuevas, T Allen, C Battaglia - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
This letter examines the application of transparent MoO x (x< 3) films deposited by thermal
evaporation directly onto crystalline silicon (c-Si) to create hole-conducting contacts for …

A roadmap toward 24% efficient PERC solar cells in industrial mass production

B Min, M Müller, H Wagner, G Fischer… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many manufacturers choose the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) approach in order
to surpass the 20% cell efficiency level in mass production. In this paper, we study the …

AC plasma electrolytic oxidation of additively manufactured and cast AlSi12 alloys

AB Rogov, H Lyu, A Matthews, A Yerokhin - Surface and Coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
The limited choice of metallic alloys suitable for additive manufacturing restricts the
possibilities for new design strategies and improved materials performance in demanding …

An optimized rapid aluminum back surface field technique for silicon solar cells

S Narasimha, A Rohatgi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Screen-printing and rapid thermal annealing have been combined to achieve an aluminum-
alloyed back surface field (Al-BSF) that lowers the effective back surface recombination …

Review on metallization in crystalline silicon solar cells

N Balaji, MC Raval, S Saravanan - Solar Cells, 2020 - books.google.com
Solar cell market is led by silicon photovoltaics and holds around 92% of the total market.
Silicon solar cell fabrication process involves several critical steps which affects cell …

Alloying from screen-printed aluminum pastes containing boron additives

M Rauer, C Schmiga, M Glatthaar… - IEEE Journal of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a detailed study on alloying from screen-printed aluminum pastes containing
boron additives (Al-B pastes) to further enhance the efficiency of p-and n-type silicon solar …

Diffusion‐based model of local Al back surface field formation for industrial passivated emitter and rear cell solar cells

T Lauermann, B Fröhlich, G Hahn… - Progress in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the back surface field (BSF) formation of locally alloyed Al‐paste contacts
employed in recent industrial passivated emitter and rear cell solar cell designs is …

Method and apparatus for self-doping negative and positive electrodes for silicon solar cells and other devices

DL Meier, HP Davis - US Patent 6,180,869, 2001 - Google Patents
US6180869B1 - Method and apparatus for self-doping negative and positive electrodes for
silicon solar cells and other devices - Google Patents US6180869B1 - Method and apparatus …

Strong in-plane anisotropy in the electronic properties of doped transition metal dichalcogenides exhibited in

SM Loh, X Xia, NR Wilson, NDM Hine - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We study the electronic properties of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide materials
subjected to aliovalent doping, using Nb-doped WS 2 as an exemplar. Scanning …