Fire-through contacts—a new approach to contact the rear side of passivated silicon solar cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 164-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Thaidigsmann ◽  
Christopher Kick ◽  
Andreas Drews ◽  
Florian Clement ◽  
Andreas Wolf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Rear Side ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Passivated Silicon

Enhanced rear-side reflection and firing-stable surface passivation of silicon solar cells with capping polymer films

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 530-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Bullock ◽  
Andrew Thomson ◽  
Andrés Cuevas ◽  
Boris Veith ◽  
Jan Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Films ◽  
Surface Passivation ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Rear Side ◽  
Stable Surface

scholarly journals High-throughput front and rear side metallization of silicon solar cells using rotary screen printing

2017 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 680-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Lorenz ◽  
Anna Münzer ◽  
Martin Lehner ◽  
Roland Greutmann ◽  
Heinz Brocker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Screen Printing ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Rear Side

An Improved Methodology for Extracting the Interface Defect Density of Passivated Silicon Solar Cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1080-1089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Xin ◽  
Shubham Duttagupta ◽  
Muzhi Tang ◽  
Zixuan Qiu ◽  
Baochen Liao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Defect Density ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Interface Defect ◽  
Passivated Silicon

High-Efficiency Large-Area Rear Passivated Silicon Solar Cells With Local Al-BSF and Screen-Printed Contacts

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiun-Hong Lai ◽  
Ajay Upadhyaya ◽  
Saptharishi Ramanathan ◽  
Arnab Das ◽  
Keith Tate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Passivated Silicon ◽  
Screen Printed

scholarly journals A New Approach to Light Scattering from Nanotextured Interfaces For Silicon Thin-film Solar Cells

2010 ◽  
Vol 1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corsin Battaglia ◽  
Jordi Escarre ◽  
Karin Söderström ◽  
Franz-Josef Haug ◽  
Didier Dominé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Scattering ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Index Contrast ◽  
Trapping Performance

AbstractWe investigate the influence of refractive index contrast on the light scattering properties of nanotextured interfaces, which serve as front contact for p-i-n thin-film silicon solar cells. We here focus on ZnO surfaces with randomly oriented pyramidal features, known for their excellent light trapping performance. Transparent replicas, with a different refractive index, but practically identical morphology compared to their ZnO masters, were fabricated via nanoimprinting. Within the theoretical framework we recently proposed, we show how the angular and spectral dependence of light scattered by nanostructures with identical morphology but different refractive index may be related to each other allowing direct comparison of their light trapping potential within the device.

scholarly journals Optical Modeling of the Rear Surface Roughness of Passivated Silicon Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 234-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Greulich ◽  
N. Wöhrle ◽  
M. Glatthaar ◽  
S. Rein
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Rear Surface ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Modeling ◽  
Passivated Silicon

Wet Chemical Oxidation of Silicon Surfaces Prior to the Deposition of All-PECVD AlOx/a-SiNx Passivation Stacks for Silicon Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 310-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelazize Laades ◽  
Heike Angermann ◽  
Hans Peter Sperlich ◽  
Uta Stürzebecher ◽  
Carlos Alberto Díaz Álvarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Surface Passivation ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Chemical Oxidation ◽  
Silicon Surfaces ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Rear Side ◽  
Type Silicon ◽  
Wet Chemical ◽  
P Type

Aluminum oxide (AlOx) is currently under intensive investigation for use in surface passivation schemes in solar cells. AlOx films contain negative charges and therefore generate an accumulation layer on p-type silicon surfaces, which is very favorable for the rear side of p-type silicon solar cells as well as the p+-emitter at the front side of n-type silicon solar cells. However, it has been reported that quality of an interfacial silicon sub-oxide layer (SiOx), which is usually observed during deposition of AlOx on Silicon, strongly impacts the silicon/AlOx interface passivation properties [1]. The present work demonstrates that a convenient way to control the interface is to form thin wet chemical oxides of high quality prior to the deposition of AlOx/a-SiNx:H stacks by the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).

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