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 …

Promises and challenges of perovskite solar cells

JP Correa-Baena, M Saliba, T Buonassisi, M Grätzel… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The efficiencies of perovskite solar cells have gone from single digits to a certified 22.1% in
a few years' time. At this stage of their development, the key issues concern how to achieve …

Solar photovoltaics is ready to power a sustainable future

M Victoria, N Haegel, IM Peters, R Sinton… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Thanks to fast learning and sustained growth, solar photovoltaics (PV) is today a highly cost-
competitive technology, ready to contribute substantially to CO 2 emissions mitigation …

Perovskite-inspired materials for photovoltaics and beyond—from design to devices

YT Huang, SR Kavanagh, DO Scanlon, A Walsh… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Lead-halide perovskites have demonstrated astonishing increases in power conversion
efficiency in photovoltaics over the last decade. The most efficient perovskite devices now …

Technological learning for resource efficient terawatt scale photovoltaics

JC Goldschmidt, L Wagner, R Pietzcker… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cost efficient climate change mitigation requires installing a total of 20–80 TWp
photovoltaics until 2050 and 80–170 TWp until 2100. The question is, whether the projected …

Silicon heterojunction solar cells: Techno-economic assessment and opportunities

A Razzaq, TG Allen, W Liu, Z Liu, S De Wolf - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The ever-increasing electricity demand from renewables has stimulated growth in the
photovoltaic (PV) industry. Yet, while grid parity has already been achieved in several …

Upscaling solution‐processed perovskite photovoltaics

F Yang, D Jang, L Dong, S Qiu, A Distler… - Advanced energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells has reached a certified
efficiency of 25.5% over the past decade, which has attracted significant attention as a …

Revisiting thin silicon for photovoltaics: a technoeconomic perspective

Z Liu, SE Sofia, HS Laine, M Woodhouse… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystalline silicon comprises 90% of the global photovoltaics (PV) market and has sustained
a nearly 30% cumulative annual growth rate, yet comprises less than 2% of electricity …

Early hotspot detection in photovoltaic modules using color image descriptors: An infrared thermography study

MU Ali, S Saleem, H Masood, KD Kallu… - … Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a new framework for early hotspot detection in the photovoltaic (PV)
panels using color image descriptors and a machine learning algorithm. In the proposed …

Dopant‐free passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: Progress and prospects

Y Wang, ST Zhang, L Li, X Yang, L Lu, D Li - EcoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the contact scheme has driven the technology revolution of crystalline
silicon (c‐Si) solar cells. The state‐of‐the‐art high‐efficiency c‐Si solar cells such as silicon …