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Highly Efficient and Highly Flexible Thin Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Dopant-Free Carrier-Selective Contacts Fabricated with Simple Processes
Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People’s Republic of China.
Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People’s Republic of China.
Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People’s Republic of China; Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315100, People’s Republic of China.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8537-1366
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Centres, Zhejiang-KTH Joint Research Center of Photonics, JORCEP. KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Electrical Engineering, Electromagnetic Engineering and Fusion Science. Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People’s Republic of China; Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315100, People’s Republic of China.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3401-1125
2024 (English)In: Energy & Fuels, ISSN 0887-0624, E-ISSN 1520-5029, Vol. 38, no 7, p. 6379-6386Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Thin and flexible crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction solar cells are fabricated with very simple processes and demonstrated experimentally based on MoOx/indium tin oxide (ITO) and LiFx/Al as the dopant-free hole- and electron-selective contacts, respectively. With the ITO coating, both hole collection ability and antireflection are greatly improved, leading to significant improvements in the fill factor and short-circuit current density (Jsc). Our 25, 35, and 45 μm thick c-Si solar cells are 87.5, 82.5, and 77.5% thinner than the original 200 μm thick counterpart but are still 71.29, 86.13, and 87.37% efficient compared to the original solar cell, respectively. Their power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) all exceed 10% and are stable for 400 days in air, among the top five highest reported PCEs of <50 μm thick c-Si solar cells with undoped contacts. Without any textures, high Jsc values are still achieved. Especially for the 35 and 45 μm thick c-Si solar cells, the Jsc values are over 80% of their theoretical limits, comparable and even superior to the maximum ratio of the reported cells with undoped contacts. Our thin c-Si solar cells can be bent to a radius as small as 4 mm with minimal PCE degradation, showing excellent mechanical flexibility. Without complex processes involving texturing and doping, our c-Si solar cells with dopant-free contacts are promising to have quite a low cost and, thus, wide applications. 

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American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2024. Vol. 38, no 7, p. 6379-6386
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367503DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c00346ISI: 001189973400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85188504177OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367503DiVA, id: diva2:1984896
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