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Tunnel Oxide Deposition Techniques and Their Parametric Influence on Nano-Scaled SiOx Layer of TOPCon Solar Cell: A Review

  • Hasnain Yousuf,
  • Muhammad Quddamah Khokhar,
  • Muhammad Aleem Zahid,
  • Matheus Rabelo,
  • Sungheon Kim,
  • Duy Phong Pham,
  • Youngkuk Kim and
  • Junsin Yi
Energies2022, 15(15), 5753;https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155753

8 August 2022

In addition to the different technologies of silicon solar cells in crystalline form, TOPCon solar cells have an exceptionally great efficiency of 26%, accomplished by the manufacturing scale technique for industrialization, and have inordinate cell...

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Crystalline Silicon (c-Si)-Based Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) Solar Cells: A Review

  • Hayat Ullah,
  • Stanislaw Czapp,
  • Seweryn Szultka,
  • Hanan Tariq,
  • Usama Bin Qasim and
  • Hassan Imran
Energies2023, 16(2), 715;https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020715

7 January 2023

Contact selectivity is a key parameter for enhancing and improving the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of crystalline silicon (c-Si)-based solar cells. Carrier selective contacts (CSC) are the key technology which has the potential to achieve a hig...

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Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of Different Photovoltaic Technologies

  • Maria Cristea,
  • Ciprian Cristea,
  • Radu-Adrian Tîrnovan and
  • Florica Mioara Șerban
Appl. Sci.2025, 15(12), 6710;https://doi.org/10.3390/app15126710

15 June 2025

Renewable energy sources are critical to the global effort to achieve carbon neutrality. Alongside hydropower, wind and nuclear plants, the photovoltaic (PV) systems developed greatly, with new PV technologies emerging in recent years. Although the c...

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Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Deposition for Poly-Si/SiO2 Contact Cells to Minimize Parasitic Absorption in the Near-Infrared Region

  • Changhyun Lee,
  • Jiyeon Hyun,
  • Jiyeon Nam,
  • Seok-Hyun Jeong,
  • Hoyoung Song,
  • Soohyun Bae,
  • Hyunju Lee,
  • Jaeseung Seol,
  • Donghwan Kim and
  • Hae-Seok Lee
  • + 1 author
Energies2021, 14(24), 8199;https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248199

7 December 2021

Tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cells are key emerging devices in the commercial silicon-solar-cell sector. It is essential to have a suitable bottom cell in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells for commercial use, given that good can...

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Performance of Large Area n-TOPCon Solar Cells with Selective Poly-Si Based Passivating Contacts Prepared by PECVD Method

  • Zhaobin Liu,
  • Chunlin Guo,
  • Ya Liu,
  • Jianhua Wang,
  • Xuping Su and
  • Qinqin Wang
Materials2024, 17(4), 849;https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17040849

9 February 2024

Selective emitter (SE) technology significantly influences the passivation and contact properties of n-TOPCon solar cells. In this study, three mask layers (SiOx, SiNx, and SiOxNy) were employed to fabricate n-TOPCon solar cells with phosphorus (P)-S...

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Numerical Simulation and Experiment of a High-Efficiency Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) Solar Cell Using a Crystalline Nanostructured Silicon-Based Layer

  • Muhammad Quddamah Khokhar,
  • Shahzada Qamar Hussain,
  • Muhammad Aleem Zahid,
  • Duy Phong Pham,
  • Eun-Chel Cho and
  • Junsin Yi
Appl. Sci.2022, 12(1), 392;https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010392

31 December 2021

We report on the tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) using a crystalline nanostructured silicon-based layer via an experimental and numerical simulation study. The minority carrier lifetime and implied open-circuit voltage reveals an ameliorated...

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Enhancing Adhesion and Reducing Ohmic Contact through Nickel–Silicon Alloy Seed Layer in Electroplating Ni/Cu/Ag

  • Zhao Wang,
  • Haixia Liu,
  • Daming Chen,
  • Zigang Wang,
  • Kuiyi Wu,
  • Guanggui Cheng,
  • Yu Ding,
  • Zhuohan Zhang,
  • Yifeng Chen and
  • Jianning Ding
  • + 1 author
Materials2024, 17(11), 2610;https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17112610

28 May 2024

Due to the lower cost compared to screen-printed silver contacts, the Ni/Cu/Ag contacts formed by plating have been continuously studied as a potential metallization technology for solar cells. To address the adhesion issue of backside grid lines in...

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Passivating Silicon Tunnel Diode for Perovskite on Silicon Nip Tandem Solar Cells

  • Baptiste Marteau,
  • Thibaut Desrues,
  • Quentin Rafhay,
  • Anne Kaminski and
  • Sébastien Dubois
Energies2023, 16(11), 4346;https://doi.org/10.3390/en16114346

26 May 2023

Silicon solar cells featuring tunnel oxide passivated contacts (TOPCon) benefit from high efficiencies and low production costs and are on the verge of emerging as the new photovoltaic market mainstream technology. Their association with Perovskite c...

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Optimizing Rheology and Structure of Silver Pastes for Screen-Printed Silicon Solar Cells

  • Baisen Hou,
  • Zhiqiang Xia,
  • Zhen Pang,
  • Xinyu Zhou,
  • Zhuo Qian,
  • Wei Li,
  • Mengyao Chai,
  • Jiantao Yin,
  • Junpeng Li and
  • Guoyou Gan
  • + 1 author
Materials2026, 19(5), 918;https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19050918

27 February 2026

Solar energy, as a clean and renewable resource, plays a pivotal role in advancing sustainable energy technologies. The efficiency of front-side silver paste is critical for the photovoltaic performance of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) sol...

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Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon via Excimer Laser Annealing and Evaluation of Its Passivation Properties

  • Sanchari Chowdhury,
  • Jinsu Park,
  • Jaemin Kim,
  • Sehyeon Kim,
  • Youngkuk Kim,
  • Eun-Chel Cho,
  • Younghyun Cho and
  • Junsin Yi
Energies2020, 13(13), 3335;https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133335

30 June 2020

The crystallization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is essential for improving solar cell efficiency. In this study, we analyzed the crystallization of a-Si:H via excimer laser annealing (ELA) and compared this process with conventional th...

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