International audiencePerimeter recombination takes place in all photovoltaic architectures, its detrimental effect increasing with the perimeter to area ratio. A new efficient passivation method is introduced here, inspired by the working principle of MOSFETs. It consists in a Metal Insulator stack, deposited on top of the Semiconductor structure. As a transistor, it acts as a switch to prevent the flow of majority carriers towards the defective side walls. Simulation results show that the detrimental effect of perimeter recombination can be reduced by half in the particular case of a GaAs solar cell under one sun illumination. Because no chemical treatment is involved, our MIS based passivation solution can be adapted to various photovolt...
Improving the passivation of contacts in silicon solar cells is crucial for reaching high-efficiency...
A device simulation study regarding perimeter recombination losses in micro-concentrator solar cells...
With the drive for ever more efficient photovoltaics, the passivating layer becomes of greater impor...
International audiencePerimeter recombination takes place in all photovoltaic architectures, its det...
Indoor applications of high-efficiency silicon solar cells implicate illumination densities that are...
The surface recombination velocity (S sub rec) for bare GaAs is typically as high as 10 to the 6th p...
Thin film solar cells based in Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) are among the most efficient polycrystalline sol...
Thin film solar cells based in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) are among the most efficient polycrystalline sola...
The main goal of a solar cell’s contact is to simultaneously minimize the contact resistivity ρcont ...
Controlling the concentration of charge carriers near the surface is essential for solar cells. It p...
Silicon heterojunction solar cells with efficiencies of up to 24.7 % can be further improved by intr...
The main goal of a solar cell's contact is to simultaneously minimize the contact resistivity ρ cont...
Several optoelectronic issues, such as recombination and poor optical absorption limit the power con...
Silicon wafer solar cells continue to be the leading photovoltaic technology, and in many places are...
Surface recombination represents a handicap for high-efficiency solar cells. This is especially impo...
Improving the passivation of contacts in silicon solar cells is crucial for reaching high-efficiency...
A device simulation study regarding perimeter recombination losses in micro-concentrator solar cells...
With the drive for ever more efficient photovoltaics, the passivating layer becomes of greater impor...
International audiencePerimeter recombination takes place in all photovoltaic architectures, its det...
Indoor applications of high-efficiency silicon solar cells implicate illumination densities that are...
The surface recombination velocity (S sub rec) for bare GaAs is typically as high as 10 to the 6th p...
Thin film solar cells based in Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) are among the most efficient polycrystalline sol...
Thin film solar cells based in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) are among the most efficient polycrystalline sola...
The main goal of a solar cell’s contact is to simultaneously minimize the contact resistivity ρcont ...
Controlling the concentration of charge carriers near the surface is essential for solar cells. It p...
Silicon heterojunction solar cells with efficiencies of up to 24.7 % can be further improved by intr...
The main goal of a solar cell's contact is to simultaneously minimize the contact resistivity ρ cont...
Several optoelectronic issues, such as recombination and poor optical absorption limit the power con...
Silicon wafer solar cells continue to be the leading photovoltaic technology, and in many places are...
Surface recombination represents a handicap for high-efficiency solar cells. This is especially impo...
Improving the passivation of contacts in silicon solar cells is crucial for reaching high-efficiency...
A device simulation study regarding perimeter recombination losses in micro-concentrator solar cells...
With the drive for ever more efficient photovoltaics, the passivating layer becomes of greater impor...