Humid environment stability of low pressure chemical vapor deposited boron doped zinc oxide used as transparent electrodes in thin film silicon solar cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 520 (1) ◽  
pp. 558-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Steinhauser ◽  
Stefan Meyer ◽  
Marlène Schwab ◽  
Sylvie Faÿ ◽  
Christophe Ballif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Transparent Electrodes ◽  
Boron Doped ◽  
Humid Environment ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposited ◽  
Pressure Chemical

Improving low pressure chemical vapor deposited zinc oxide contacts for thin film silicon solar cells by using rough glass substrates

2011 ◽  
Vol 520 (4) ◽  
pp. 1218-1222 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Steinhauser ◽  
J.-F. Boucher ◽  
E. Omnes ◽  
D. Borrello ◽  
E. Vallat-Sauvain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposited ◽  
Pressure Chemical

Hydrogen Treatment of Undoped Zno Thin Film Using Photo-Chemical Vapor Deposition

1996 ◽  
Vol 426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Jae Baik ◽  
Jinsoo Song ◽  
Koeng Su Lim
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Hydrogen Treatment ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Hydrogen Molecules

AbstractTo obtain high quality ZnO thin films for use as transparent electrodes of amorphous silicon solar cells, hydrogen treatment of the films using photo-chemical vapor deposition was performed for the first time. The as-deposited ZnO thin film was irradiated by UV light during the flow of hydrogen molecules in the presence of photo-sensitizers of mercury. As the treatment time increased, resistivity decreased from 1 × 10−2Ωcm to 2 × 10−3Ωcm. Moreover, haze ratio increased from 20% to 48%. Hydrogen radicals were thought to be playing various roles on the neighborhood of the surface region and the grain boundary region. This new trial gave us new understanding into the relation between hydrogen and ZnO. Moreover, these results could be applied to the process of amorphous silicon solar cells and a possible increase of efficiency is expected.

Improvement of Single-Junction a-Si:H Thin-Film Solar Cells Toward 10% Efficiency

2011 ◽  
Vol 1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Cheng ◽  
S. W. Liang ◽  
Y. P. Lin ◽  
H. J. Hsu ◽  
C. H. Hsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Window Layer ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Single Junction ◽  
Boron Doped ◽  
Hydrogenated Amorphous

ABSTRACTThe hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) single-junction thin-film solar cells were fabricated on SnO2:F-coated glasses by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system. The boron-doped amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) was served as the window layer (p-layer) and the undoped a-SiC:H was used as a buffer layer (b-layer). The optimization of the p/b/i/n thin-films in a-Si:H solar cells have been carried out and discussed. Considering the effects of light absorption, electron-hole extraction and light-induced degradation, the thicknesses of p, b, n and i layers have been optimized. The optimal a-Si:H thin-film solar cell having an efficiency of 9.46% was achieved, with VOC=906 mV, JSC=14.42 mA/cm2 and FF=72.36%.

Highly Transparency and High Mobility Bilayer Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide Films on Periodic Textured Glass Morphology for Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1835-1840
Author(s):  
Hyeongsik Park ◽  
Anh Huy Tuan Le ◽  
Youn-Jung Lee ◽  
Junhee Jung ◽  
Duy Phong Pham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Oxide Films ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Zinc Oxide Films ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide

Modeling of Advanced Light Trapping Approaches in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miro Zeman ◽  
Olindo Isabella ◽  
Klaus Jäger ◽  
Pavel Babal ◽  
Serge Solntsev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Spherical Particles ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Negative Effect

ABSTRACTDue to the increasing complexity of thin-film silicon solar cells, the role of computer modeling for analyzing and designing these devices becomes increasingly important. The ASA program was used to study two of these advanced devices. The simulations of an amorphous silicon solar cell with silver nanoparticles embedded in a zinc oxide back reflector demonstrated the negative effect of the parasitic absorption in the particles. When using optical properties of perfectly spherical particles a modest enhancement in the external quantum efficiency was found. The simulations of a tandem micromorph solar cell, in which a zinc oxide based photonic crystal-like multilayer was incorporated as an intermediate reflector (IR), demonstrated that the IR resulted in an enhanced photocurrent in the top cell and could be used to optimize the current matching of the top and bottom cell.

Boron-doped hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide (μc-SiOx:H) for application in thin-film silicon solar cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 358 (17) ◽  
pp. 1962-1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Lambertz ◽  
F. Finger ◽  
B. Holländer ◽  
J.K. Rath ◽  
R.E.I. Schropp
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Oxide ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Boron Doped ◽  
Thin Film Silicon
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