Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Fundamentals and Technologies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2017) | Viewed by 5667
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crystalline silicon photovoltaics have been dominating the market related to terrestrial applications since their appearance. This dominant position is based on a continuous development of new technologies that have paved the way to cost reduction and/or efficiency improvement. As a result, a vast scientific community is working on every step of the R+D chain, from the revolutionary concepts to further optimization of the well-stablished industrial processes. The Special Issue, “Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Fundamentals and Technologies” tries to call the attention of this scientific community.
The scope of this Special Issue could include investigations in different areas at both laboratory—and industrial-scale, such as:
Crystalline silicon material properties for photovoltaic applications: monocrystalline, multicrystalline and mono-like substrates, contaminant contents, thermal donors, ultra-thin silicon substrates.
Surface processing: Cleaning procedures, surface texturization, black silicon.
Selective contacts formation: p/n junctions, silicon heterojunctions, transition metal oxides contacts, tunneling oxide contacts.
Crystalline silicon surface passivation: Fundamentals, interface characterization techniques, dielectric film characterization, thermal stability.
Contact formation: contact resistance, metal patterning, performance of screen-printing pastes, self-aligned contacts, electroplating, Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCOs).
Laser applications to device fabrication: Laser doping, selective emitter formation, dielectric ablation, laser patterning, edge isolation.
Numerical Simulations: Device simulation, updated models for fundamental characteristics, optical models.
New solar cell architectures: Double-side contacted, interdigitated back contacted, emitter and metal-wrap through solar cells, tandem solar cells.
Prof. Dr. Isidro Martín Garcia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
Photovoltaics
solar cells
crystalline silicon
material quality
surface passivation
contact formation
laser applications
numerical simulations
