Silicon solar cells: materials, technologies, architectures

LV Mercaldo, PD Veneri - Solar Cells and Light Management, 2020 - Elsevier
This chapter reviews the field of silicon solar cells from a device engineering perspective,
encompassing both the crystalline and the thin-film silicon technologies. After a brief survey …

Graphene as non conventional transparent conductive electrode in silicon heterojunction solar cells

L Lancellotti, E Bobeico, M Della Noce… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Chemical Vapor Deposited (CVD) graphene is an attractive candidate as
transparent conductive electrode (TCE) for solar cells. Here it is proposed as TCE for silicon …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for realizing high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

Y Zhao, P Procel, C Han, L Cao, G Yang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells have achieved a record efficiency of 26.81% in a
front/back-contacted (FBC) configuration. Moreover, thanks to their advantageous high V OC …

[HTML][HTML] Impedance spectroscopy analysis of perovskite solar cell stability

I Matacena, P Guerriero, L Lancellotti, B Alfano… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work is to investigate the degradation of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) by
means of impedance spectroscopy, a highly sensitive characterization technique used to …

Ultra‐thin electron collectors based on nc‐Si: H for high‐efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

Y Zhao, L Mazzarella, P Procel, C Han… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Low parasitic absorption and high conductivity enable (n)‐type hydrogenated
nanocrystalline silicon [(n) nc‐Si: H], eventually alloyed with oxygen [(n) nc‐SiOx: H], to be …

Fabrication of p-Si/n-ZnO: Al heterojunction diode and determination of electrical parameters

S Ilican, K Gorgun, S Aksoy, Y Caglar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a fundamental experimental study of a microwave assisted chemical bath
deposition (MW-CBD) method for Al doped ZnO films. Field emission scanning electron …

Improved Infrared Light Management with Transparent Conductive Oxide/Amorphous Silicon Back Reflector in High‐Efficiency Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

W Duan, K Bittkau, A Lambertz, K Qiu, Z Yao… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To improve the infrared (IR) response, a high‐refractive‐index intrinsic amorphous silicon (a‐
Si: H) layer is introduced after metallization of bifacial silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar …

Improved TCO characteristics of ZnO: Si films via utilization of Si4+ ionized donor states and its application in n-SZO/p-Si heterojunction solar cells

L Karmakar, D Das - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020 - Elsevier
Utilizing Si 4+ ionized states providing two free electrons per atom, ZnO: Si (SZO) thin films
have been grown as a superior transparent conducting oxide (TCO) material ideal for Si …

Defect engineering of p‐type silicon heterojunction solar cells fabricated using commercial‐grade low‐lifetime silicon wafers

D Chen, M Kim, J Shi, B Vicari Stefani… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we integrate defect engineering methods of gettering and hydrogenation into
silicon heterojunction solar cells fabricated using low‐lifetime commercial‐grade p‐type …

[HTML][HTML] Evaporated MoOx as General Back-Side Hole Collector for Solar Cells

E Bobeico, LV Mercaldo, P Morvillo, I Usatii… - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Substoichiometric molybdenum oxide (MoO x) has good potential as a hole-collecting layer
in solar cells. In this paper, we report on the application of ultrathin evaporated MoO x as a …