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Polycrystalline silicon passivated tunneling contacts for high efficiency silicon solar cells by Nemeth, Bill, Young, David L., Page, Matthew R., LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Johnston, Steve, Reedy, Robert, Stradins, Paul

“…We apply n- and p-type polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) films on tunneling SiOx to form passivated contacts to n-type Si wafers. The resulting induced emitter…”
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Low-cost plasma immersion ion implantation doping for Interdigitated back passivated contact (IBPC) solar cells by Young, David L., Nemeth, William, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Page, Matthew R., Theingi, San, Aguiar, Jeffery, Lee, Benjamin G., Stradins, Paul

“…We present progress to develop low-cost interdigitated back contact solar cells with pc-Si/SiO2/c-Si passivated contacts formed by plasma immersion ion…”
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Effect of Crystallographic Orientation and Nanoscale Surface Morphology on Poly-Si/SiO x Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells by Kale, Abhijit S, Nemeth, William, Guthrey, Harvey, Nanayakkara, Sanjini U, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Theingi, San, Findley, Dawn, Page, Matthew, Al-Jassim, Mowafak, Young, David L, Stradins, Paul, Agarwal, Sumit

“…High-efficiency crystalline silicon (Si) solar cells require textured surfaces for efficient light trapping. However, passivation of a textured surface to…”
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Interdigitated Back Passivated Contact (IBPC) Solar Cells Formed by Ion Implantation by Young, David L., Nemeth, William, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Reedy, Robert, Essig, Stephanie, Bateman, Nicholas, Stradins, Paul

“…We describe work toward an interdigitated back passivated contact (IBPC) solar cell formed by patterned ionimplanted passivated contacts. Formation of electron…”
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Self-Aligned, Selective Area Poly-Si/SiO2 Passivated Contacts for Enhanced Photocurrent in Front/Back Solar Cells by Young, David L., Theingi, San, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Chen, Kejun, Nemeth, William, Findley, Dawn, Page, Matthew, Stradins, Pauls

“…Poly-Si/SiO 2 passivated contact front/back solar cells suffer low Jsc due to parasitic absorption in the front poly-Si layer. We demonstrate a self-aligned,…”
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Mitigating Process Induced Degradation in p- and n-Czochralski Silicon Wafers with Tabula Rasa by Meyer, Abigail R., LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Nemeth, William, Page, Matthew, Young, David, Agarwal, Sumit, Stradins, Paul

“…We report on the bulk properties of of n- and p- type Czochralski silicon (Cz-Si) after a high-temperature annealing process known as Tabula Rasa (TR), which…”
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Enhancing Photocarrier Bulk Lifetime with Defect Engineering of Polycrystalline Passivated-Contact n-Cz Photovoltaic Devices by LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Meyer, Abigail, Nemeth, William, Young, David, Page, Matthew, Stradins, Paul

“…We study the photocarrier lifetime evolution of n-Cz Si material throughout the processing sequence for polycrystalline passivated contact devices. We show…”
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Understanding and Mitigating the Contamination of Intrinsic poly-Si Gaps in Passivated IBC Solar Cells by Hartenstein, Matthew B., Nemeth, William, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Harvey, Steve, Page, Matthew, Young, David L., Stradins, Paul, Agarwal, Sumit

“…We investigate factors that are critical for the performance of interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells based on polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si)…”
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Tabula Rasa: Oxygen precipitate dissolution though rapid high temperature processing in silicon by Looney, Erin E., Laine, Hannu S., Jensen, Mallory A., Youssef, Amanda, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Stradins, Paul, Buonassisi, Tonio

“…Over one fourth of all monocrystalline silicon ingots suffer from a 20% performance degradation due to oxygen precipitates. Tabula Rasa (TR) is a mitigation…”
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Self Aligned Aluminum Selective Emitter for n-type Si Cells by Theingi, San, Reedy, Robert C., LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Stradins, Paul, Lee, Benjamin G.

“…We show a method for making a self-aligned selective emitter by annealing aluminum grid lines above the SiAl eutectic temperature, and study the recombination…”
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Dopant Patterning by PECVD and Mechanical Masking for Passivated Tunneling Contact IBC Cell Architectures by Nemeth, William, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Lee, Benjamin G., Kale, Abhijit, Stradins, Paul

“…We present a robust, simple technique for dopant patterning onto poly-Si/SiO 2 passivated tunneling contacts on nCz wafers. Heavily doped, thin nand ptype…”
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Novel Rear Side Metallization Route for Si Solar Cells Using a Transparent Conducting Adhesive by Schnabel, Manuel, Klein, Talysa R., Lee, Benjamin G., Nemeth, William, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, van Hest, Maikel F. A. M., Stradins, Paul

“…The rear side metallization of Si solar cells comes with a number of inherent losses and trade-offs: a larger metallized area fraction improves fill factor at…”
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Understanding the origin of Tabula Rasa-induced defects in n-type Cz c-Si: The case of nitrogen atmosphere by Ochoa, Jorge, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Stradins, Paul, Bertoni, Mariana I.

“…Phosphorus-doped Czochralski-grown silicon (Cz-Si) has been gaining market share in the large-scale manufacturing of high-efficiency silicon (Si)-based…”
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Reactive ion etched, self-aligned, selective area poly-Si/SiO2 passivated contacts by Young, David L., Chen, Kejun, Theingi, San, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Diercks, David, Guthrey, Harvey, Nemeth, William, Page, Matthew, Stradins, Pauls

“…Front/back poly-Si/SiO2 contact devices suffer from low short-circuit current density, Jsc, due to parasitic optical absorption in the front poly-Si layer…”
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Mitigation of shunt in poly-Si/SiOx passivated interdigitated back contact monocrystalline Si solar cells by self-aligned etching between doped fingers by Hartenstein, Matthew B., Nemeth, William, Chen, Kejun, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Theingi, San, Page, Matthew, Fell, Andreas, Young, David L., Stradins, Paul, Agarwal, Sumit

“…Polycrystalline silicon on silicon oxide (poly-Si/SiOx) passivating contacts can be used for ultra-high-efficiency interdigitated back contact (IBC)…”
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Mitigation of shunt in poly-Si/SiO passivated interdigitated back contact monocrystalline Si solar cells by self-aligned etching between doped fingers by Hartenstein, Matthew B., Nemeth, William, Chen, Kejun, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Theingi, San, Page, Matthew, Fell, Andreas, Young, David L., Stradins, Paul, Agarwal, Sumit

“…Polycrystalline silicon on silicon oxide (poly-Si/SiOx) passivating contacts can be used for ultra-high-efficiency interdigitated back contact (IBC)…”
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Effect of Crystallographic Orientation and Nanoscale Surface Morphology on Poly-Si/SiOx Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells by Kale, Abhijit S, Nemeth, William, Guthrey, Harvey, Nanayakkara, Sanjini U, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Theingi, San, Findley, Dawn, Page, Matthew, Al-Jassim, Mowafak, Young, David L, Stradins, Paul, Agarwal, Sumit

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Reactive ion etched, self-aligned, selective area poly-Si/SiO2 passivated contacts by Young, David L., Chen, Kejun, Theingi, San, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Diercks, David, Guthrey, Harvey, Nemeth, William, Page, Matthew, Stradins, Pauls

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Lithography-free Mesa Isolation of III- V Solar Cells through Laser Ablation by Saenz, Theresa E., Muzzio, Ryan, Neumann, Anica N., LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Steiner, Myles A.

“…Eliminating photolithography from solar cell processing is a significant opportunity for cost reduction for III- V solar cells. In this work, we explore…”
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Realization of GaInP/Si Dual-Junction Solar Cells With 29.8% 1-Sun Efficiency by Essig, Stephanie, Steiner, Myles A., Allebe, Christophe, Geisz, John F., Paviet-Salomon, Bertrand, Ward, Scott, Descoeudres, Antoine, LaSalvia, Vincenzo, Barraud, Loris, Badel, Nicolas, Faes, Antonin, Levrat, Jacques, Despeisse, Matthieu, Ballif, Christophe, Stradins, Paul, Young, David L.

“…Combining a Si solar cell with a high-bandgap top cell reduces the thermalization losses in the short wavelength and enables theoretical 1-sun efficiencies far…”
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