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Front Contact Materials

Front Contact Materials is a singular academic concept referring to the conductive layer in a solar cell that serves as the primary electrical interface for charge collection from the photoactive region, distinguished by its position on the incident light side and optimized combination of electrical conductivity, optical transparency, and interfacial compatibility.

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2017–2026

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Band alignment of front contact layers for high-efficiency CdTe solar cells

Jason M. Kephart, James W. McCamy, Z. Ma et al. · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells · 2016 · 185 citations · Full text

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Physical understanding of printed thick-film front contacts of crystalline Si solar cells—Review of existing models and recent developments

Gunnar Schubert, Frank Huster, P. Fath · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells · 2006 · 165 citations

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A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%

Malte Köhler, Manuel Pomaska, Paul Prócel et al. · Nature Energy · 2021 · 164 citations · Full text

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Development of efficient and stable back contacts on CdTe/CdS solar cells

D.L. Bätzner, Alessandro Romeo, H. Zogg et al. · Thin Solid Films · 2001 · 158 citations

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Highly efficient organic solar cells with printable low-cost transparent contacts

Erik Ahlswede, W. Mühleisen, Mohd Wahinuddin bin Moh Wahi et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 2008 · 106 citations

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Authors

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  1. JH
    J. Hüpkes

    Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

    4 publications · 63 citations

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  2. ME
    Marika Edoff

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    3 publications · 111 citations

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  3. DK
    Dong‐Hwan Kim

    Korea University, South Korea

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  4. HS
    Hajime Shibata

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

    3 publications · 42 citations

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  5. CV
    C. Voz

    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

    3 publications · 45 citations

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Institutions

186

  1. Forschungszentrum Jülich

    Jülich, Germany

    7 h-index

    43 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

    Berlin, Germany

    6 h-index

    33 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    Barcelona, Spain

    4 h-index

    20 publications

    321 citations

  4. Korea University

    Seoul, South Korea

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    167 citations

  5. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    597 citations

  6. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    411 citations

  7. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

    Tsukuba, Japan

    3 h-index

    21 publications

    303 citations

  8. National University of Malaysia

    Bangi, Malaysia

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    434 citations

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  1. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

    16 publications · 930 citations

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  4. Thin Solid Films

    5 publications · 243 citations

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  5. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

    4 publications · 130 citations

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