Interfacial engineering of ZnS passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells achieving 20% efficiency

被引:9
作者
Wang, Yanhao [1 ,2 ]
Gu, Zeyu [1 ]
Li, Le [1 ]
Liu, Siyi [1 ]
Li, Jingjie [3 ]
Lu, Linfeng [1 ]
Li, Xiaodong [4 ]
Liu, Wenzhu [4 ]
Liu, Ronglin [5 ]
Chen, Jia [5 ]
Wang, Yichen [6 ]
Zhang, Shan-Ting [7 ]
Li, Dongdong [1 ,2 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Adv Res Inst, Interdisciplinary Res Ctr, 99 Haike Rd,Zhangjiang Hitech Pk, Shanghai 201210, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Integrated Circuits, 19 Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[3] Beijing Univ Technol, Fac Mat & Mfg, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Microsyst & Informat Technol, Res Ctr New Energy Technol, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
[5] Jolywood Taizhou Solar Technol Co Ltd, 6 Kaiyang Rd, Taizhou 225500, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[6] Shanghai Weiyu Int Sch, Weiyu Rd, Shanghai 200231, Peoples R China
[7] Zhangjiang Lab, 100 Haike Rd,Zhangjiang Hitech Pk, Shanghai 201210, Peoples R China
基金
上海市自然科学基金;
关键词
Crystalline silicon solar cells; Dopant-free passivating contacts; Zinc sulfide; Surface passivation; Forming gas annealing; ELECTRON-SELECTIVE CONTACTS; DOPANT-FREE; HETEROJUNCTION; OXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAICS;
D O I
10.1016/j.mtener.2023.101336
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Despite the widespread use of metal oxides as electron selective contacts (ESCs) in dopant-free passivating contact crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, their stability and performance improvements still encounter bottlenecks. Herein, we investigated the potential of zinc sulfide (ZnS) as ESC for n-type cSi (n-Si) solar cells. The performance of the ZnS-based dopant-free n-Si solar cells has been optimized by deploying the low-work-function Mg/Ag stack electrode and a SiOx passivation interlayer with forming gas annealing (FGA) treatment. An efficiency of 20.03% has been achieved for n-Si solar cells with SiOx(FGA)/ZnS/Mg/Ag contact, which is so far the highest efficiency reported for ZnS-based c-Si solar cells. Moreover, the device maintained & GE;98% of its initial efficiency after being stored in the air for 30 days, indicating the promise of long-term deployment. Our work highlights the great potential of using metal sulfides as high-performance and stable passivating contacts in dopant-free c-Si solar cells. & COPY; 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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