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 …

Recent advancements in poly-Si/SiO x passivating contacts for high-efficiency silicon solar cells: technology review and perspectives

J Zhou, X Su, Q Huang, B Zhang, J Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
As photovoltaics (PVs) made out of crystalline silicon (c-Si) have become more
commonplace, the past decade has witnessed leaps and bounds in performance advances …

Recent progress in functionalized plastic 3D printing in creation of metallized architectures

ATK Perera, K Song, S Umezu, H Sato - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Metallized surfaces, structures are of demand by many industries, however, with the demand
for materials with improved properties, cost effectiveness polymers have gained exponential …

Mitigating parasitic absorption in Poly-Si contacts for TOPCon solar cells: A comprehensive review

S Deng, Y Cai, U Roemer, FJ Ma, F Rougieux… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Owing to their rapidly rising market share, TOPCon (poly-Si/SiO x passivating contact or
POLO contact) solar cells, which are projected to surpass PERC as the dominant solar cell …

Influence of backside surface morphology on passivation and contact characteristics of TOPCON solar cells

C Guo, R Jia, X Li, X Tian, J Chen, H Ge, H Huang… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Compared with P-PERC cells, the rear tunnel oxide/n+ polysilicon passivation contact
structure in N-TOPCon cells makes the influence of rear surface morphology more …

Laser activation for highly boron-doped passivated contacts

S Sharbaf Kalaghichi, J Hoß, R Zapf-Gottwick… - Solar, 2023 - mdpi.com
Passivated, selective contacts in silicon solar cells consist of a double layer of highly doped
polycrystalline silicon (poly Si) and thin interfacial silicon dioxide (SiO2). This design …

Study on the influence of micro-alkali texturing and micro-alkali polishing process on the passivation and contact performance of n-TOPCon solar cells

C Guo, R Jia, X Tian, J Chen, J Zhu, H Huang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The matching between the morphology of the backside of n-TOPCon solar cells and the
tunnel oxide/n+ polysilicon structure is the key to achieving high efficiency. In this work …

High-efficiency TOPCon solar cell with superior P+ and P++ layer via one-step processing

X Liu, J Sun, Y Huang, L Jiang, S Liu, F Qian, H Shen… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The boron diffusion process in the front field of N-type tunnel oxide passivated contact
(TOPCon) solar cells is crucial for PN junction formation and the creation of a selective …

Design, development and analysis of large-area industrial silicon solar cells featuring a full area polysilicon based passivating contact on the rear and selective …

P Padhamnath, WJ Choi, G De Luna, JD Arcebal… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present SERIS'biPoly™ technology platform on large-area (M2), n-type rear-junction
silicon solar cells featuring selective poly-Si/SiO x based passivated contacts on the front …

Silver Metallization with Controlled Etch Stop Using SiOx Layers in Passivating Contacts for Improved Silicon Solar Cell Performance

R Glatthaar, FP Schmidt, A Hammud, T Lunkenbein… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metallization of polycrystalline‐silicon/silicon oxide (poly‐Si/SiOx) passivating contacts with
fire‐through silver paste is a crucial process for implementation of passivating contacts in …