Current studies reveal the expectation that photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion will become
the front-runner technology to stem against the extent of global warming by the middle of this …

This paper gives a close-up insight into recent and future developments that are performed
with industrial focus at Fraunhofer ISE's PV-TEC pilot-line to increase the energy conversion …

Achieving high output power densities pout of silicon-based PV modules requires an
increase of cell efficiency as well as a reduction of cell-tomodule (CTM) losses. Solar cell …

The pursuit of achieving higher power output of silicon-based PV modules demands creative
improvements in module design in order to reduce geometrical, optical and electrical cell-to …

In this chapter, we introduce the physic principle and applications of bifacial PV technology.
We present different bifacial PV cell and module technologies as well as investigate the …

Application of 266-nm picosecond (ps) laser ablation and copper (Cu)-plated metallization
to p-type selective emitter (SE) passivated emitter and rear cells (PERC) is reported in this …

We study a boron tribromide (BBr 3) diffusion process with second deposition realized by
active nitrogen flow through the BBr 3 bubbler at the end of the process with respect to laser …

We present two approaches for high‐accuracy aligning of patterning processes with each
other when fabricating solar cells. We introduce the approaches on the example of two …

We apply phosphorus-doped silicon nitride (SiN X: P) layers on the front surface of p-type
Czochralski-grown silicon (Cz-Si) passivated emitter and rear cells (PERC). The layers are …

We demonstrate a bifaciality of 88.0% for 6-inch bifacial p-type Cz-Si passivated emitter and
rear cells (biPERC) and increase their rear side energy conversion efficiency to 18.0% by …