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In Situ Reflectometry and Diffraction Investigation of the Multiscale Structure of p-Type Polysilicon Passivating Contacts for c-Si Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Andrea Ingenito, Audrey Marie Isabelle Morisset

The integration of passivating contacts based on a highly doped polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) layer on top of a thin silicon oxide (SiOx) layer has been identified as the next step to further increase the conversion efficiency of current mainstream cry ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Contact Design for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Luca Massimiliano Antognini

Today more than ever the world needs clean energy sources and thus a fast deployment and scaling up of the photovoltaic industry. In this context improving solar cell efficiency plays a major role. In order to achieve the maximum single junction efficiency ...

EPFL2022

Optimizing the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the Triplet-Pair Dissociation in Donor–Acceptor Copolymers for Intramolecular Singlet Fission

Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Maria Fumanal Quintana

Singlet fission (SF) is a two-step process in which a singlet splits into two triplets throughout the so-called correlated triplet-pair (1TT) state. Intramolecular SF (iSF) materials, in particular, have attracted growing interest as they can be easily imp ...

2022

Unravelling the mechanism of ultrafast photoinduced charge generation in organic and hybrid photovoltaic systems

George Cameron Fish

At the current time, the world as we know it is at a crossroads; there is an urgent need to lower greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global rise in temperature. However, this is at odds with the increasing energy demands of the world's growing populatio ...

EPFL2022

Functionalized BODIPYs as Tailor-Made and Universal Interlayers for Efficient and Stable Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Konstantina Kalliopi Armadorou

Solar cells based on metal halide perovskite and polymer donor:nonfullerene acceptor blend absorbers have recently witnessed a significant rise in their photovoltaic performance. However, they still suffer from some instability issues originating from the ...

WILEY2022

Material Development for Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics

Peter Joseph Fiala

The developed world is built on the fact that energy is readily available and functionally infinite. The electricity from the wall, the gas at the station, and the heat in our homes are reliable and low-cost. But this comfort is so far only possible throug ...

EPFL2022

Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Free and Bound Carriers in Photovoltaic Materials

Jacques-Edouard Moser, George Cameron Fish

Photoinduced charge separation into free carriers and subsequent charge transfer are key processes that govern the efficiencies of third generation solar cell technologies based on donor-acceptor heterojunctions. As these processes typically occur on picos ...

2022

Molybdenum oxide as a case study for the diagnosis of carrier selective contacts in silicon heterojunction solar cells

Julie Amandine Dreon

Environmental challenges impose a rapid energy transition. The renewable power capacity is expected to increase by 50% in the next 5 years, and recent scenarios plan that photovoltaics (PV) will be leading the new energy sources. Combining high efficiencie ...

EPFL2022

Photo‐Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2 Under Concentrated Sunlight Enables Combination of High Reaction Rate and Efficiency

Sophia Haussener, Silvan Suter, Etienne Boutin, Mahendra Patel

Photo-electrochemical production of solar fuels from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight is an appealing approach. Nevertheless, it remains challenging to scale despite encouraging demonstrations at low power input. Higher current densities require notable ...

Wiley2022

SiNx and AlOx Nanolayers in Hole Selective Passivating Contacts for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells

Audrey Marie Isabelle Morisset

The recombination of photogenerated charge carriers at metal-semiconductor interfaces remains a major source of efficiency loss in photovoltaic cells. Here, we present SiNx and AlOx nanolayers as promising interface dielectrics to enable high efficiency ho ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023

Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Mathieu Gérard Boccard

Crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics has long been considered energy intensive and costly. Over the past decades, spectacular improvements along the manufacturing chain have made c-Si a low-cost source of electricity that can no longer be ignored. Over ...

2022

Near-junction microfluidic cooling for high power-density GaN-on-Si electronics: A wafer, device, packaging, and system-level investigation

Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp

Electrification of the energy section, from generation to end-use, plays an essential role in reducing global CO2 emission. Innovations in power electronics are required to increase conversion efficiency and power density. Gallium nitride (GaN) transistors ...

EPFL2022