Bifacial tunnel oxide passivating contacts for silicon and perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved efficiency
摘要
The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of conventional tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) solar cells is fundamentally constrained by front-side recombination losses in both contact and non-contact regions. Here we demonstrate full-size bifacial TOPCon solar cells incorporating patterned front n-type TOPCon fingers and a full-area rear p-type TOPCon emitter, achieving a certified PCE of 26.34%. The devices exhibit excellent damp-heat stability and negligible light-induced degradation and light-and-elevated-temperature-induced degradation. These advances arise from the engineering of the front n-type TOPCon and rear bilayer p-type TOPCon contacts, enabled through controlled polycrystalline silicon crystallinity, dopant concentration, tunnel oxide properties and optimized silver paste formulation. Integrating this high-performance bifacial TOPCon bottom cell with a wide-bandgap perovskite top cell yields monolithic perovskite/TOPCon tandems with a certified PCE of 32.73% and an open-circuit voltage of 1.961 V. This work provides a scalable and industry-compatible pathway to higher-efficiency TOPCon and perovskite/TOPCon tandem photovoltaics.