Development of Hetero-Junction Silicon Solar Cells with Intrinsic Thin Layer: A Review
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This paper presents the history of the development of heterojunction silicon solar cells from the first studies of the amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon junction to the creation of HJT solar cells with novel structure and contact grid designs. In addition to explanation of the current advances in the field of research of this type of solar cells, the purpose of this paper is to show possible ways to improve the structure of the amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon-based solar cells for further improvement of the optical and electrical parameters of the devices by using of numerical simulation method and current hypotheses. This paper briefly describes the history, beginning from the first studies of and research of HJT-structure solar cells. It raises questions about the advantages and existing problems of optimization of HJT solar cells. The authors of this paper are proposing further ways of design development of HJT solar cells.
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OpenAlex topics: Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies · Thin-Film Transistor Technologies · solar cell performance optimization
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Institute of Physics and Technology, Satbayev University, Almaty A25A1G8, Kazakhstan
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Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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