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Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses

Nature energy, 2021-04, Vol.6 (4), p.429-438 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2021. corrected publication 2022. ;ISSN: 2058-7546 ;EISSN: 2058-7546 ;DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00805-w

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  • Title:
    Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses
  • Author: Richter, Armin ; Müller, Ralph ; Benick, Jan ; Feldmann, Frank ; Steinhauser, Bernd ; Reichel, Christian ; Fell, Andreas ; Bivour, Martin ; Hermle, Martin ; Glunz, Stefan W.
  • Subjects: Carrier recombination ; Carrier transport ; Complexity ; Current carriers ; Design ; Design optimization ; Efficiency ; Industrial production ; P-n junctions ; Photovoltaic cells ; Photovoltaics ; Polysilicon ; Recombination ; Silicon ; Solar cells
  • Is Part Of: Nature energy, 2021-04, Vol.6 (4), p.429-438
  • Description: The photovoltaic industry is dominated by crystalline silicon solar cells. Although interdigitated back-contact cells have yielded the highest efficiency, both-sides-contacted cells are the preferred choice in industrial production due to their lower complexity. Here we show that omitting the layers at the front side that provide lateral charge carrier transport is the key to excellent optoelectrical properties for both-sides-contacted cells. This results in a conversion efficiency of 26.0%. In contrast to standard industrial cells with a front side p–n junction, this cell exhibits the p–n junction at the back surface in the form of a full-area polycrystalline silicon-based passivating contact. A detailed power-loss analysis reveals that this cell balances electron and hole transport losses as well as transport and recombination losses in general. A systematic simulation study led to some fundamental design rules for future >26% efficiency silicon solar cells and demonstrates the potential and the superiority of these back-junction solar cells. Front- and back-junction silicon photovoltaics dominate the market thanks to a lower manufacturing complexity compared with that of other device designs yet advances in efficiency remain elusive. Richter et al. now present an optimized design for the front and back junctions that leads to a 26.0%-efficient cell.
  • Publisher: London: Nature Publishing Group
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2058-7546
    EISSN: 2058-7546
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00805-w
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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