Optimum feature size of randomly textured glass substrates for maximum scattering inside thin-film silicon solar cells

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasim Sahraei ◽  
Selvaraj Venkataraj ◽  
Armin G. Aberle ◽  
Marius Peters
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Feature Size ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
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

An Algorithm for Finding Optimized Interface Morphologies in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 1426 ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Jäger ◽  
M. Fischer ◽  
R.A.C.M.M. van Swaaij ◽  
M. Zeman
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Simulated Annealing Algorithm ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Feature Size ◽  
Scattering Model ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Annealing Algorithm ◽  
Scalar Scattering

ABSTRACTWe recently developed a scattering model based on the scalar scattering theory. In this contribution we present how we used the scattering model to investigate interface textures with optimized scattering properties. We used the simulated annealing algorithm to find optimized surface textures and applied the ASA device simulator to evaluate the influence of these optimized textures on the performance of thin film silicon solar cells. We found that the lateral feature size of the textures is crucial for efficient scattering of the incident light.

Optimization of the texturization of ZnO:Al surface using HCl + HNO3 for application in thin film silicon solar cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 3210-3218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukanta Bose ◽  
Arokiyadoss Rayarfrancis ◽  
P. Balaji Bhargav ◽  
Gufran Ahmad ◽  
Sumita Mukhopadhyay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Enhanced light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells with concave quadratic bottom gratings

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (19) ◽  
pp. 5348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Chen ◽  
Rui Wu ◽  
Hongmei Zheng ◽  
Yuanyuan Wang ◽  
Xiaopeng Yu
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

UV micro-imprint patterning for tunable light trapping in p-i-n thin-film silicon solar cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 355 ◽  
pp. 14-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanfeng Wang ◽  
Xiaodan Zhang ◽  
Bing Han ◽  
Lisha Bai ◽  
Huixu Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

scholarly journals ZnO transparent conductive oxide for thin film silicon solar cells

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Söderström ◽  
D. Dominé ◽  
A. Feltrin ◽  
M. Despeisse ◽  
F. Meillaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Transparent Conductive Oxide ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Conductive Oxide

Effective Light Trapping in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Nano- and Microscale Structures on Glass Substrate

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 4978-4983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungjae Bong ◽  
Shihyun Ahn ◽  
Le Huy Tuan Anh ◽  
Sunbo Kim ◽  
Hyeongsik Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Glass Substrate ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon
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