Proof-of-concept p-type silicon solar cells with molybdenum oxide partial rear contacts

James Bullock; Christian Samundsett; Andres Cuevas; Di Yan; Yimao Wan; Thomas Allen

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356165

Proof-of-concept p-type silicon solar cells with molybdenum oxide partial rear contacts

James Bullock, Christian Samundsett, Andres Cuevas, Di Yan, Yimao Wan, Thomas Allen

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This paper explores the application of transparent MoOx (x<3) films as hole-collecting contacts on the rear-side of crystalline silicon solar cells. 2D simulations, which consider experimental contact recombination J0c and resistivity ρc values, demonstrate that the benefits of the MoOx based contacts are best exploited by reducing the rear contact fraction. This concept is demonstrated experimentally using simple p-type cells featuring a ?5% rear fraction MoOx contact. These cells attain a conversion efficiency of 20.4%, a promising result, given the early stage of development for this technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479979448
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356165
Publication status	Published - 14 Dec 2015
Event	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 - New Orleans, United States Duration: 14 Jun 2015 → 19 Jun 2015

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Conference	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	14/06/15 → 19/06/15

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Bullock, J., Samundsett, C., Cuevas, A., Yan, D., Wan, Y., & Allen, T. (2015). Proof-of-concept p-type silicon solar cells with molybdenum oxide partial rear contacts. In 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 Article 7356165 (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356165

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Proof-of-concept p-type silicon solar cells with molybdenum oxide partial rear contacts. / Bullock, James; Samundsett, Christian; Cuevas, Andres et al.
2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7356165 (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015).

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Bullock J, Samundsett C, Cuevas A, Yan D, Wan Y, Allen T. Proof-of-concept p-type silicon solar cells with molybdenum oxide partial rear contacts. In 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7356165. (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356165

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