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@article{faucris.206566316,
abstract = {Transition metal oxides (TMOs) have recently been proved to efficiently serve as hole-selective contacts in crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction solar cells. In the present work, two TMO/c-Si heterojunctions are explored using MoO3 (reference) and V2O5 as to alternative candidate. It has been found that V2O5 devices present larger (16% improvement) power conversion efficiency mainly due to their higher open-circuit voltage. While V2O5 / c-Si devices with textured front surfaces also have short-circuit currents, it is also known that flat solar cell architectures allow for the V2O5/n-Si interface, giving significant carrier lifetimes of 200 μs (equivalent to a surface recombination velocity of Seff ~ 140 cm s-1) as derived from impedance analysis. As a consequence, a significant open-circuit voltage of 662 mV is achieved. It is found that, at the TMO/c-Si contact, a TMO work function enhancement ΔΦTMO occurs during the heterojunction formation with the consequent dipole layer enlargement Δ'= Δ + ΔΦTMO. TMO/c-Si contact energetics, carrier transport across the interface and surface TMO / c-Si heterojunctions.