Zinc oxide as an active n-layer and antireflection coating for silicon based heterojunction solar cell

2015 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 95-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babar Hussain ◽  
Abasifreke Ebong ◽  
Ian Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Antireflection Coating ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cell ◽  
Silicon Based

Novel high-efficiency crystalline-silicon-based compound heterojunction solar cells: HCT (heterojunction with compound thin-layer)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (29) ◽  
pp. 15400-15410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Liu ◽  
Yun Sun ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Jianghong Yao
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cell ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Based

A novel high-efficiency c-Si heterojunction solar cell with using compound hetero-materials is proposed and denominated HCT (heterojunction with a compound thin-layer).

scholarly journals Electron Affinity and Bandgap Optimization of Zinc Oxide for Improved Performance of ZnO/Si Heterojunction Solar Cell Using PC1D Simulations

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babar Hussain ◽  
Aasma Aslam ◽  
Taj Khan ◽  
Michael Creighton ◽  
Bahman Zohuri
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Conduction Band ◽  
Electron Affinity ◽  
Photovoltaic Cell ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cell ◽  
Device Structure ◽  
Conduction Band Offset ◽  
Improved Performance

For further uptake in the solar cell industry, n-ZnO/p-Si single heterojunction solar cell has attracted much attention of the research community in recent years. This paper reports the influence of bandgap and/or electron affinity tuning of zinc oxide on the performance of n-ZnO/p-Si single heterojunction photovoltaic cell using PC1D simulations. The simulation results reveal that the open circuit voltage and fill factor can be improved significantly by optimizing valence-band and conduction-band off-sets by engineering the bandgap and electron affinity of zinc oxide. An overall conversion efficiency of more than 20.3% can be achieved without additional cost or any change in device structure. It has been found that the improvement in efficiency is mainly due to reduction in conduction band offset that has a significant influence on minority carrier current.

Potential of zinc oxide nanowhiskers as antireflection coating in crystalline silicon solar cell for cost effectiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 11017-11026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayasree Roy Sharma ◽  
Pritam Banerjee ◽  
Suchismita Mitra ◽  
Hemanta Ghosh ◽  
Sukanta Bose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Antireflection Coating ◽  
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell
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