Recent advancements in carrier-selective contacts for high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells: Industrially evolving approach

Extended quantitative characterization of solar cell from calibrated voltage-dependent electroluminescence imaging

(2021) Daniel Ory et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Influence of TCO and a-Si:H Doping on SHJ Contact Resistivity

(2021) Christoph Luderer et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Selectivity of TiO x ‐Based Electron‐Selective Contacts on n‐Type Crystalline Silicon and Solar Cell Efficiency Potential

(2021) Valeriya Titova et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Properties of Thermally Evaporated Titanium Dioxide as an Electron-Selective Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

(2020) Changhyun Lee et al.   Energies

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

(2020) C. Hollemann et al.   Scientific Reports

Titanium Nitride Electron-Conductive Contact for Silicon Solar Cells By Radio Frequency Sputtering from a TiN Target

(2020) Jing Yu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Influence of SiOx film thickness on electrical performance and efficiency of TOPCon solar cells

(2020) Qinqin Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

23.5%-efficient silicon heterojunction silicon solar cell using molybdenum oxide as hole-selective contact

(2020) Julie Dréon et al.   Nano Energy

A Highly Conductive Titanium Oxynitride Electron‐Selective Contact for Efficient Photovoltaic Devices

(2020) Xinbo Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improved Passivation of n-Type Poly-Si Based Passivating Contacts by the Application of Hydrogen-Rich Transparent Conductive Oxides

(2020) Leonard Tutsch et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Atomic Layer Deposition of Vanadium Oxide as Hole‐Selective Contact for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

(2020) Xinbo Yang et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

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

(2020) Eugenia Bobeico et al.   Coatings

Efficient Passivation and Low Resistivity for p+-Si/TiO2 Contact by Atomic Layer Deposition

(2020) Naeimeh Mozaffari et al.   ACS Applied Energy Materials

Pathways for efficiency improvements of industrial PERC silicon solar cells

(2020) Nagarajan Balaji et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Dopant-Free Partial Rear Contacts Enabling 23% Silicon Solar Cells

(2019) James Bullock et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Investigation of phosphorus diffused back surface field (BSF) in bifacial nFAB solar cells

(2019) Xia Yan et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Poly-Si/SiOx/c-Si passivating contact with 738 mV implied open circuit voltage fabricated by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition

(2019) Shenghao Li et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Low cost multicrystalline bifacial PERC solar cells – Fabrication and thermal improvement

(2019) Wenhao Chen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Application of SiO2 passivation technique in mass production of silicon solar cells

(2019) Y.F. Zhuang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Temperature Coefficient of Silicon-Based Carrier Selective Solar Cells

(2019) Nithin Chatterji et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Development of the PERC Solar Cell

(2019) Andrew Blakers   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

The role of front-surface charges in interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2019) Zhenhai Yang et al.   Nano Energy

Mass production of industrial tunnel oxide passivated contacts (i‐TOPCon) silicon solar cells with average efficiency over 23% and modules over 345 W

(2019) Yifeng Chen et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Optical and electrical performance of rear side epitaxial emitters for bifacial silicon solar cell application

(2019) Yuandong Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

The Impact of Dipolar Layers on the Electronic Properties of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Interfaces

(2019) Egbert Zojer et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

An industrially viable TOPCon structure with both ultra-thin SiOx and n+-poly-Si processed by PECVD for p-type c-Si solar cells

(2019) Tian Gao et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

(2019) Thomas G. Allen et al.   Nature Energy

Mitigating Plasmonic Absorption Losses at Rear Electrodes in High‐Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells Using Dopant‐Free Contact Stacks

(2019) Sihua Zhong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrical, optical and surface characterization of reactive RF magnetron sputtered molybdenum oxide films for solar cell applications

(2019) Haris Mehmood et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING

Optimization of SnO2-based electron-selective contacts for Si/PEDOT:PSS heterojunction solar cells

(2019) Yupeng Zheng et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Interface analysis and intrinsic thermal stability of MoOx based hole-selective contacts for silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2019) Jinyoun Cho et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Passivation Characteristics of New Silicon Oxide

(2019) Lei Gong et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

< 50-μm thin crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells with dopant-free carrier-selective contacts

(2019) Hao Dai et al.   Nano Energy

Hole selective materials and device structures of heterojunction solar cells: Recent assessment and future trends

(2019) Zilei Wang et al.   APL Materials

Simulation of silicon heterostructure solar cell featuring dopant-free carrier-selective molybdenum oxide and titanium oxide contacts

(2019) Haris Mehmood et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Impact of phosphorus diffusion on n-type poly-Si based passivated contact silicon solar cells

(2019) Jian Sheng et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

24.58% total area efficiency of screen-printed, large area industrial silicon solar cells with the tunnel oxide passivated contacts (i-TOPCon) design

(2019) Daming Chen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Thermal stability improvement of metal oxide-based contacts for silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2019) Jinyoun Cho et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Efficiency Roadmap for Evolutionary Upgrades of PERC Solar Cells by TOPCon: Impact of Parasitic Absorption

(2019) Christoph Messmer et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

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

(2018) Manuel Schnabel et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

High-efficiency heterojunction crystalline Si solar cells

(2018) Kenji Yamamoto et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Electron-selective contacts via ultra-thin organic interface dipoles for silicon organic heterojunction solar cells

(2018) Christian Reichel et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

MoO x modified ITO/a-Si:H(p) contact for silicon heterojunction solar cell application

(2018) Jianhua Shi et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Passivating electron-selective contacts for silicon solar cells based on an a-Si:H/TiO x stack and a low work function metal

(2018) Jinyoun Cho et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Measuring carrier injection from amorphous silicon into crystalline silicon using photoluminescence

(2018) A. Paduthol et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Solution-processed ZnO as the efficient passivation and electron selective layer of silicon solar cells

(2018) Jiangnan Ding et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Low-cost and low-temperature chemical oxide passivation process for large area single crystalline silicon solar cells

(2018) Tarun Singh Yadav et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Carrier population control and surface passivation in solar cells

(2018) Andres Cuevas 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

Temperature and Humidity Stable Alkali/Alkaline-Earth Metal Carbonates as Electron Heterocontacts for Silicon Photovoltaics

(2018) Yimao Wan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Tantalum Nitride Electron-Selective Contact for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

(2018) Xinbo Yang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Graphene as transparent electrode in Si solar cells: A dry transfer method

(2018) Yuan Zang et al.   AIP Advances

Analysis of Silicon Solar Cells With Poly-Si/SiOx Carrier-Selective Base and Emitter Contacts

(2018) Massimo Nicolai et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Passivating Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: From Concepts and Materials to Prospects

(2018) Jimmy Melskens et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Interdigitated back-contacted crystalline silicon solar cells with low-temperature dopant-free selective contacts

(2018) G. Masmitjà et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Principles of dopant-free electron-selective contacts based on tunnel oxide/low work-function metal stacks and their applications in heterojunction solar cells

(2018) Zhenhai Yang et al.   Nano Energy

Stable Dopant-Free Asymmetric Heterocontact Silicon Solar Cells with Efficiencies above 20%

(2018) James Bullock et al.   ACS Energy Letters

23% efficient p-type crystalline silicon solar cells with hole-selective passivating contacts based on physical vapor deposition of doped silicon films

(2018) Di Yan et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

TEM studies of hole-selective molybdenum oxide contacts in silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2018) Haider Ali et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Interface properties of ITO/n-Si heterojunction solar cell: Quantum tunneling, passivation and hole-selective contacts

(2018) X.M. Song et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

14.1% efficiency hybrid planar-Si/organic heterojunction solar cells with SnO2 insertion layer

(2018) Lei Chen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

A passivating contact for silicon solar cells formed during a single firing thermal annealing

(2018) Andrea Ingenito et al.   Nature Energy

Passivation quality control in poly-Si/SiO /c-Si passivated contact solar cells with 734 mV implied open circuit voltage

(2018) HyunJung Park et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

ITO-Free Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells With ZnO:Al/SiO2 Front Electrodes Reaching a Conversion Efficiency of 23%

(2018) Anna B. Morales-Vilches et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Molybdenum oxide: A superior hole extraction layer for replacing p-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon with high efficiency heterojunction Si solar cells

(2018) Kumar Mallem et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

The impact of silicon solar cell architecture and cell interconnection on energy yield in hot & sunny climates

(2017) Jan Haschke et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Thin Al2O3passivated boron emitter of n-type bifacial c-Si solar cells with industrial process

(2017) Guilin Lu et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Industrially feasible, dopant-free, carrier-selective contacts for high-efficiency silicon solar cells

(2017) Xinbo Yang et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Interplay of annealing temperature and doping in hole selective rear contacts based on silicon-rich silicon-carbide thin films

(2017) Gizem Nogay et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Exceeding conversion efficiency of 26% by heterojunction interdigitated back contact solar cell with thin film Si technology

(2017) Kunta Yoshikawa et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Understanding Surface Treatment and ALD AlOx Thickness Induced Surface Passivation Quality of c-Si Cz Wafers

(2017) Gurleen Kaur et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

A Roadmap Toward 24% Efficient PERC Solar Cells in Industrial Mass Production

(2017) Byungsul Min et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

ITO/MoOx/a-Si:H(i) Hole-Selective Contacts for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Degradation Mechanisms and Cell Integration

(2017) Davide Sacchetto et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Transparent Electrodes for Efficient Optoelectronics

(2017) Monica Morales-Masis et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Tantalum Oxide Electron-Selective Heterocontacts for Silicon Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochemical Water Reduction

(2017) Yimao Wan et al.   ACS Energy Letters

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

(2017) Kunta Yoshikawa et al.   Nature Energy

Silicon heterojunction solar cells with effectively transparent front contacts

(2017) Rebecca Saive et al.   Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Structural evolution of tunneling oxide passivating contact upon thermal annealing

(2017) Sungjin Choi et al.   Scientific Reports

Magnesium Fluoride Electron-Selective Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

(2016) Yimao Wan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Performance TiO2-Based Electron-Selective Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

(2016) Xinbo Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells: status and perspectives

(2016) Corsin Battaglia et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Polycrystalline silicon passivated tunneling contacts for high efficiency silicon solar cells

(2016) Bill Nemeth et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Origin of passivation in hole-selective transition metal oxides for crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2016) Luis G. Gerling et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

A study of the characteristics of indium tin oxide after chlorine electro-chemical treatment

(2016) Moonsoo Kim et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Dopant-Free All-Back-Contact Si Nanohole Solar Cells Using MoOx and LiF Films

(2016) Han-Don Um et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dopant-free back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells employing transition metal oxide emitters

(2016) Weiliang Wu et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 49)

(2016) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Silicon heterojunction solar cells with electron selective TiOx contact

(2016) Xinbo Yang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

n-Type polysilicon passivating contact for industrial bifacial n-type solar cells

(2016) M.K. Stodolny et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Transition metal oxides as hole-selective contacts in silicon heterojunctions solar cells

(2016) Luis G. Gerling et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

A cost roadmap for silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2016) Atse Louwen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Conductive and Stable Magnesium Oxide Electron-Selective Contacts for Efficient Silicon Solar Cells

(2016) Yimao Wan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Industrial Silicon Solar Cells Applying the Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) Concept—A Review

(2016) Thorsten Dullweber et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Efficient silicon solar cells with dopant-free asymmetric heterocontacts

(2016) James Bullock et al.   Nature Energy

p-type microcrystalline silicon oxide emitter for silicon heterojunction solar cells allowing current densities above 40 mA/cm2

(2015) L. Mazzarella et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Impact of carrier recombination on fill factor for large area heterojunction crystalline silicon solar cell with 25.1% efficiency

(2015) Daisuke Adachi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

22.5% efficient silicon heterojunction solar cell with molybdenum oxide hole collector

(2015) Jonas Geissbühler et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Amorphous silicon carbide passivating layers for crystalline-silicon-based heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Mathieu Boccard et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Low-Temperature Synthesis of a TiO2/Si Heterojunction

(2015) Girija Sahasrabudhe et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Low-temperature atomic layer deposition of MoOxfor silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2015) B. Macco et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Molybdenum and tungsten oxide: High work function wide band gap contact materials for hole selective contacts of silicon solar cells

(2015) Martin Bivour et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Tunnel oxide passivated carrier-selective contacts based on ultra-thin SiO 2 layers

(2015) Anamaria Moldovan et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Proof-of-Concept p-Type Silicon Solar Cells With Molybdenum Oxide Local Rear Contacts

(2015) James Bullock et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Hole Contacts on Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Interface Chemistry and Band Alignments

(2014) Stephen McDonnell et al.   ACS Nano

Advanced passivation techniques for Si solar cells with high-κ dielectric materials

(2014) Huijuan Geng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Excellent c-Si surface passivation by low-temperature atomic layer deposited titanium oxide

(2014) Baochen Liao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Silicon heterojunction solar cell with passivated hole selective MoOx contact

(2014) Corsin Battaglia et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Molybdenum oxide MoOx: A versatile hole contact for silicon solar cells

(2014) James Bullock et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Amorphous silicon oxide window layers for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2014) Johannes Peter Seif et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Amorphous silicon passivated contacts for diffused junction silicon solar cells

(2014) J. Bullock et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Role of double ITO/In2O3 layer for high efficiency amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2014) Sunbo Kim et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Hole Selective MoOx Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

(2014) Corsin Battaglia et al.   NANO LETTERS

DC-sputtered ZnO:Al as transparent conductive oxide for silicon heterojunction solar cells with µc-Si:H emitter

(2014) Omid Madani Ghahfarokhi et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Organic-silicon heterojunction solar cells on n-type silicon wafers: The BackPEDOT concept

(2014) Dimitri Zielke et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Achievement of More Than 25% Conversion Efficiency With Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell

(2014) Keiichiro Masuko et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

13% Efficiency Hybrid Organic/Silicon-Nanowire Heterojunction Solar Cell via Interface Engineering

(2013) Peichen Yu et al.   ACS Nano

Hole-blocking titanium-oxide/silicon heterojunction and its application to photovoltaics

(2013) Sushobhan Avasthi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Characteristics of ITO films with oxygen plasma treatment for thin film solar cell applications

(2013) Yong Seob Park et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Record Infrared Internal Quantum Efficiency in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells With Dielectric/Metal Rear Reflectors

(2013) Zachary C. Holman et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

24.7% Record Efficiency HIT Solar Cell on Thin Silicon Wafer

(2013) Mikio Taguchi et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Study on the ITO work function and hole injection barrier at the interface of ITO/a-Si:H(p) in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2012) Woong-Kyo Oh et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Transparent Conducting Silver Nanowire Networks

(2012) Jorik van de Groep et al.   NANO LETTERS

>21% Efficient Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells on n- and p-Type Wafers Compared

(2012) Antoine Descoeudres et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

A New Architecture for Transparent Electrodes: Relieving the Trade-Off Between Electrical Conductivity and Optical Transmittance

(2011) Ping Kuang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly efficient Si-nanorods/organic hybrid core-sheath heterojunction solar cells

(2011) Lining He et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Ultrathin molybdenum oxide anode buffer layer for organic photovoltaic cells formed using atomic layer deposition

(2011) Yu-Chih Tseng et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Conformal Transparent Conducting Oxides on Black Silicon

(2010) Martin Otto et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogen induced passivation of Si interfaces by Al2O3 films and SiO2/Al2O3 stacks

(2010) G. Dingemans et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Transparent Conducting Oxides for Photovoltaics: Manipulation of Fermi Level, Work Function and Energy Band Alignment

(2010) Andreas Klein et al.   Materials

Effective surface passivation of crystalline silicon using ultrathin Al2O3films and Al2O3/SiNxstacks

(2009) Jan Schmidt et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

High quality passivation for heterojunction solar cells by hydrogenated amorphous silicon suboxide films

(2008) Thomas Mueller et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Characteristics of molybdenum trioxide nanobelts prepared by thermal evaporation technique

(2008) T. Siciliano et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS