State-of-the-art passivation strategies of c-Si for photovoltaic applications: A review

SP Muduli, P Kale - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
The carrier recombination is a major bottleneck in enhancing the power conversion
efficiency of first-generation solar cells. As a remedy, passivation minimizes the …

A review on the crystalline silicon bottom cell for monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells

LL Yan, C Han, B Shi, Y Zhao, XD Zhang - Materials Today Nano, 2019 - Elsevier
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have reached certified efficiencies of 28%(on 1 cm 2 by
Oxford PV) in just about 4 years, mostly driven by the optimized design in the perovskite top …

Unveiling and Balancing the Passivation‐Transport Trade‐Off in Perovskite Solar Cells with Double‐Side Patterned Insulator Contacts

K Mao, F Cai, Z Zhu, H Meng, T Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Including an ultrathin insulator interlayer at the perovskite/charge transport interface is a
critical strategy for suppressing surface recombination in state‐of‐the‐art perovskite solar …

Optimum hydrogen injection in phosphorus-doped polysilicon passivating contacts

D Kang, HC Sio, J Stuckelberger, R Liu… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
It has previously been shown that ex situ phosphorus-doped polycrystalline silicon on silicon
oxide (poly-Si/SiO x) passivating contacts can suffer a pronounced surface passivation …

Development of thin polysilicon layers for application in monoPoly™ cells with screen-printed and fired metallization

P Padhamnath, A Khanna, N Nandakumar… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Passivating contacts are an important technological innovation for crystalline silicon (c-Si)
solar cells that can deliver efficiencies of over 24% in mass production. In this study, we …

Highly passivated TOPCon bottom cells for perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells

Z Ding, C Kan, S Jiang, M Zhang, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) silicon solar cells are rising as a competitive
photovoltaic technology, seamlessly blending high efficiency with cost-effectiveness and …

Progress with passivation and screen-printed metallization of Boron-doped monoPoly™ layers

P Padhamnath, N Nampalli, A Khanna, B Nagarajan… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work we have analyzed the doping, passivation and contact properties of boron-
doped (p+) polysilicon (poly-Si) layers to understand the two key limiting factors for industrial …

Enhanced Interfacial Stability of Si Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries via Surface SiO2 Coating

M Schnabel, E Arca, Y Ha, C Stetson… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Silicon is a promising alloying anode for lithium-ion batteries because of its high capacity
and low cost. However, its use has been hampered by mechanical failure arising from the …

Temperature-induced stoichiometric changes in thermally grown interfacial oxide in tunnel-oxide passivating contacts

JI Polzin, S Lange, S Richter, A Moldovan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
A vital part of poly-Si passivating contacts is the ultrathin interfacial oxide layer sandwiched
between heavily-doped poly-Si and c-Si absorber that will herein be investigated in detail …

Firing stability of phosphorus-doped polysilicon passivating contacts: factors affecting the degradation behavior

D Kang, HC Sio, D Yan, J Stuckelberger… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the impact of firing treatments on n-type silicon samples passivated by ex-situ
phosphorus-doped polysilicon (poly-Si)/SiO x structures, and identify factors affecting the …