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Solar Cell Technologies: An Overview

Authors : Kurias K. Markose, Aldrin Antony, M. K. Jayaraj

Published in: Energy Harvesting and Storage

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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This chapter presents a detailed discussion of the evolution of c-Si solar cells and state-of-the-art Si solar cell technologies. The salient features of the high-efficiency c-Si photovoltaic structures, their characteristics, and efficiency enhancements are presented, including the PERC family, TOPCon, IBC, and HIT solar cells. The importance of passivation layers, strategies to obtain better passivation, carrier selectivity and low-cost fabrication techniques are also presented in general for the readers. The industrial status and prospects of c-Si solar cell technology are briefly elucidated. The fundamentals of thin film solar cells and sensitized solar cell technologies are expounded in the latter part. This chapter serves as a prelude to the following next three chapters in the book.

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Title: Solar Cell Technologies: An Overview
Authors: Kurias K. Markose
Aldrin Antony
M. K. Jayaraj
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Energy Harvesting and Storage
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-4525-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-4526-7

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4526-7_1