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  • Renewable Energy

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  • Interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells show high efficiency potential.
  • Low-light performance (LLP) in IBC cells remains a challenge and subject to debate.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the mechanisms limiting LLP in back contact (BC) solar cells.
  • Optimize processes to improve LLP and understand trade-offs with power conversion efficiency (PCE).

Main Methods:

  • Systematic process optimization, including laser grooving adjustments and additive engineering.
  • Advanced simulations (SunSolve, Quokka3) for module-level analysis.
  • Machine learning (ML) for data mining and co-optimization using a neural network and evolutionary algorithm.

Main Results:

  • Identified residual borosilicate glass as a critical leakage path bottleneck.
  • Optimized tunnel oxide passivated contact (TBC) cells achieved LLP comparable to TOPCon cells, with <5% power loss.
  • ML identified a PCE-LLP trade-off, which was resolved through co-optimization.

Conclusions:

  • Clarified microscopic origins of LLP limitations in BC solar cells.
  • Developed a framework for designing high-efficiency BC cells with improved low-light response.
  • The findings facilitate the industrial application of advanced solar cell technologies.