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Silicon solar cells with hybrid back contacts.
Genshun Wang1,2, Mingzhe Yu1, Hua Wu1
1Central R&D Institute, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd, Xi'an, China.
Nature
|November 12, 2025
Summary
Researchers developed a hybrid silicon solar cell achieving 27.81% efficiency and 87.55% fill factor. This breakthrough minimizes recombination losses, advancing scalable, high-efficiency solar energy technology.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Renewable Energy Engineering
- Semiconductor Physics
Background:
- Silicon solar cells are crucial for sustainable energy but face efficiency limitations, especially concerning fill factor.
- Fill factor losses in silicon photovoltaics are a significant barrier to achieving higher power conversion efficiencies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a hybrid interdigitated back-contact solar cell with enhanced efficiency and fill factor.
- To investigate and mitigate carrier recombination losses in silicon solar cells.
- To provide theoretical insights into fill factor limitations and carrier loss mechanisms.
Main Methods:
- Development of a hybrid interdigitated back-contact solar cell architecture.
- Integration of advanced all-surface passivation techniques.
- Application of laser-treated tunnelling contacts.
- Combination of high- and low-temperature processing steps.
- Modeling of the ideality factor to analyze carrier loss mechanisms.
Main Results:
- Achieved a power conversion efficiency of 27.81%, reaching 95% of the theoretical limit.
- Obtained a fill factor of 87.55%, representing 98% of the theoretical limit.
- Successfully suppressed recombination through integrated processing.
- Enhanced contact performance via laser-treated tunnelling contacts.
- Elucidated key fill factor losses attributed to recombination using a theoretical model.
Conclusions:
- The developed hybrid solar cell design offers significant advancements for scalable, high-efficiency silicon photovoltaics.
- The study provides both experimental validation and theoretical understanding of fill factor optimization.
- This work paves the way for next-generation silicon solar cells that approach theoretical efficiency limits.
