Towards 28 %-efficient Si single-junction solar cells with better passivating POLO junctions and photonic crystals

Contacting a single nanometer‐sized pinhole in the interfacial oxide of a poly‐silicon on oxide (POLO) solar cell junction

(2021) Paul Bayerl et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses

(2021) Armin Richter et al.   Nature Energy

Changes in hydrogen concentration and defect state density at the poly-Si/SiOx/c-Si interface due to firing

(2021) Christina Hollemann et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Photonic crystals for highly efficient silicon single junction solar cells

(2021) J. Krügener et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Separating the two polarities of the POLO contacts of an 26.1%-efficient IBC solar cell

(2020) C. Hollemann et al.   Scientific Reports

High-Performance Perovskite Single-Junction and Textured Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells via Slot-Die Coating

(2020) Anand Selvin Subbiah et al.   ACS Energy Letters

A holistic approach to interface stabilization for efficient perovskite solar modules with over 2,000-hour operational stability

(2020) Zonghao Liu et al.   Nature Energy

Modeling recombination and contact resistance of poly‐Si junctions

(2020) Nils Folchert et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 57)

(2020) Martin Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with >29% efficiency by enhanced hole extraction

(2020) Amran Al-Ashouri et al.   SCIENCE

26.1%-efficient POLO-IBC cells: Quantification of electrical and optical loss mechanisms

(2019) Christina Hollemann et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Easy-to-apply methodology to measure the hydrogen concentration in boron-doped crystalline silicon

(2019) Dominic C. Walter et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Beyond 30% Conversion Efficiency in Silicon Solar Cells: A Numerical Demonstration

(2019) Sayak Bhattacharya et al.   Scientific Reports

Hydrogen passivation of poly-Si/SiOx contacts for Si solar cells using Al2O3 studied with deuterium

(2018) Manuel Schnabel et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Taking monocrystalline silicon to the ultimate lifetime limit

(2018) T. Niewelt et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Laser contact openings for local poly-Si-metal contacts enabling 26.1%-efficient POLO-IBC solar cells

(2018) Felix Haase et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Reassessment of intrinsic lifetime limit in n -type crystalline silicon and implication on maximum solar cell efficiency

(2018) Boris A. Veith-Wolf et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Accurate Calculation of the Absorptance Enhances Efficiency Limit of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells With Lambertian Light Trapping

(2018) Soren Schafer et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Perimeter Recombination in 25%-Efficient IBC Solar Cells With Passivating POLO Contacts for Both Polarities

(2018) Felix Haase et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Interdigitated back contact solar cells with polycrystalline silicon on oxide passivating contacts for both polarities

(2017) Felix Haase et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Dielectric surface passivation for silicon solar cells: A review

(2017) Ruy S. Bonilla et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Metallisation of Boron-Doped Polysilicon Layers by Screen Printed Silver Pastes

(2017) Sebastian Mack et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

A simple method for pinhole detection in carrier selective POLO-junctions for high efficiency silicon solar cells

(2017) D. Tetzlaff et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Improvement of the SRH bulk lifetime upon formation of n-type POLO junctions for 25% efficient Si solar cells

(2017) Jan Krügener et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Silicon heterojunction solar cell with interdigitated back contacts for a photoconversion efficiency over 26%

(2017) Kunta Yoshikawa et al.   Nature Energy

Working principle of carrier selective poly-Si/c-Si junctions: Is tunnelling the whole story?

(2016) R. Peibst et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Uncertainty of the coefficient of band-to-band absorption of crystalline silicon at near-infrared wavelengths

(2014) Carsten Schinke et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

On effective surface recombination parameters

(2014) Keith R. McIntosh et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Principle of Module-Level Processing Demonstrated at Single a-Si:H/c-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) Jan Hendrik Petermann et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

A Simple Model Describing the Symmetric $I\hbox{--}V$ Characteristics of $\hbox{p}$ Polycrystalline Si/ $\hbox{n}$ Monocrystalline Si, and $\hbox{n}$ Polycrystalline Si/$\hbox{p}$ Monocrystalline Si Junctions

(2014) Robby Peibst et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

B segregation to grain boundaries and diffusion in polycrystalline Si with flash annealing

(2012) S. Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Improved quantitative description of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon

(2012) Armin Richter et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Modeling solar cells with the dopant-diffused layers treated as conductive boundaries

(2010) Rolf Brendel   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Dynamic carrier lifetime imaging of silicon wafers using an infrared-camera-based approach

(2008) K. Ramspeck et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Theory of analyzing free energy losses in solar cells

(2008) R. Brendel et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Light trapping and absorption optimization in certain thin-film photonic crystal architectures

(2008) Alongkarn Chutinan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A