Towards >25% Efficiency of Passivating-Contact Solar Cells in Mass Production

Authors

  • Benjamin Lee Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-6522
  • Florian Stenzel Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Ralf Albrecht Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Carsten Baer Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Tabitha Ballmann Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Janko Cieslak Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Klaus Duncker Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Björn Faulwetter-Quandt Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Fabian Fertig Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Markus Fischer Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Ingmar Höger Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Rene Hönig Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Stefan Hörnlein Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Kati Hübener Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Enrico Jarzembowski Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Matthias Junghänel Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Michael Kaiser Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Maximilian Kauert Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Cangming Ke Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Friederike Kersten Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Kyunghun Kim Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Christian Klenke Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Matthias Köhler Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Sissel Tind Kristensen Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Ohjin Kwon Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Ronny Lantzsch Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Ansgar Mette Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Yvonne Neumann Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Larissa Niebergall Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Stefan Peters Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Kai Petter Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Hans-Christoph Ploigt Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Britta Pohl-Hampel Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Martina Queck Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Tomasz Rudolph Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Martin Schaper Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Jessica Scharf Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Michael Schley Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Antje Schönmann Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Susanne Schulz Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Matthias Schütze Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Axel Schwabedissen Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4748-4669
  • Anika Weihrauch Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Tino Wieczorek Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH
  • Jörg Müller Hanwha Q-Cells GmbH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52825/siliconpv.v1i.883

Keywords:

Silicon Solar Cells, Passivating Contacts, Mass Production

Abstract

We report efficiencies of >24% being consistently achieved in mass-production of passivating-contact solar cells. Furthermore, the certified efficiency of cells from our pilot line has reached 25.3% with 730 mV open-circuit voltage. An analysis of the cell performance, including simulations, shows that the cells’ rear-side is nearly ideal, while there remains potential for further optimization of the front emitter and passivation.

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References

A. Richter et al., "Both sides contacted silicon solar cells: options for approaching 26% efficiency", Proceedings of the 36th EUPVSEC, Marseille, France, 2019, pp. 90-95.

K. Sveinbjörnsson et al., “Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with 28.7% ef-ficiency using industrial silicon bottom cells,” ACS Energy Lett. 7, pp. 2654–2656, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01358

B.G. Lee et al., “Development and mass production of bifacial Q. ANTUM p-Cz PERC cells,” Proceedings of the 46th IEEE PVSC, Chicago, USA, 2019, pp. 1460-1462.

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Published

2024-02-22

How to Cite

Lee, B., Stenzel, F., Albrecht, R., Baer, C., Ballmann, T., Cieslak, J., … Müller, J. (2024). Towards >25% Efficiency of Passivating-Contact Solar Cells in Mass Production. SiliconPV Conference Proceedings, 1. https://doi.org/10.52825/siliconpv.v1i.883

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Carrier Selective Contacts, Metallization and Contact Formation