Development of highly efficient thin film silicon solar cells on texture-etched zinc oxide-coated glass substrates

2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Müller ◽  
O Kluth ◽  
S Wieder ◽  
H Siekmann ◽  
G Schöpe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Coated Glass ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Modulated surface-textured substrates with high haze for thin-film silicon solar cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Isabella ◽  
P. Liu ◽  
B. Bolman ◽  
J. Krč ◽  
M. Zeman
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Sacrificial Layer ◽  
Flat Glass ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Surface Modulation

ABSTRACTModulated surface-textured substrates for thin-film silicon solar cells exhibiting high haze in a broad range of wavelengths were fabricated. Glass substrates coated with different thicknesses of a sacrificial layer were wet-etched allowing the manipulation of the surface morphology with surface roughness ranging from 200 nm up to 1000 nm. Subsequently, zinc-oxide layers were sputtered and then wet-etched constituting the final modulated textures. The morphological analysis of the substrates demonstrated the surface modulation, and the optical analysis revealed broad angle intensity distributions and high hazes. A small anti-reflective effect with respect to untreated glass was found for etched glass samples. The performance of solar cells on high-haze substrates was evaluated. The solar cells outperformed the reference cell fabricated on a randomly-textured zinc-oxide-coated flat glass. The trend in the efficiency resembled the increased surface roughness and the anti-reflective effect was confirmed also in solar cell devices.

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

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.

Low-temperature solution growth of textured zinc oxide films for light trapping enhancement in thin film silicon solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (65) ◽  
pp. 34669-34673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao-Ping Liu ◽  
Jianzhuo Xin ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Jian-jun Song ◽  
Alex Y. S. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Zno Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide Films ◽  
Trapping Effect ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Temperature Solution

Solution based textured ZnO film significantly improves efficiency of thin film silicon solar cells due to its light trapping effect.

Aluminium doped zinc oxide sputtered from rotatable dual magnetrons for thin film silicon solar cells

2009 ◽  
Vol 517 (10) ◽  
pp. 3161-3166 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Zhu ◽  
E. Bunte ◽  
J. Hüpkes ◽  
H. Siekmann ◽  
S.M. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

scholarly journals Chemical Etching of Zinc Oxide for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Hüpkes ◽  
Jorj I. Owen ◽  
Sascha E. Pust ◽  
Eerke Bunte
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Chemical Etching ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Potential of high-mobility sputtered zinc oxide as front contact for high efficiency thin film silicon solar cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 555 ◽  
pp. 138-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Stannowski ◽  
F. Ruske ◽  
S. Neubert ◽  
S. Schönau ◽  
S. Ring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon
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