Sub-5 µm Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell on Alumina Ceramic Substrate

1993 ◽  
Vol 32 (Part 2, No. 6A) ◽  
pp. L770-L773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Ishii ◽  
Hideshi Nishikawa ◽  
Tetsuo Takahashi ◽  
Yutaka Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Alumina Ceramic ◽  
Ceramic Substrate ◽  
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell

The SiNx films process research by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition in crystalline silicon solar cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (16-19) ◽  
pp. 1744101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bitao Chen ◽  
Yingke Zhang ◽  
Qiuping Ouyang ◽  
Fei Chen ◽  
Xinghua Zhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Double Layers ◽  
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell

SiNx thin film has been widely used in crystalline silicon solar cell production because of the good anti-reflection and passivation effect. We can effectively optimize the cells performance by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method to change deposition conditions such as temperature, gas flow ratio, etc. In this paper, we deposit a new layer of SiNx thin film on the basis of double-layers process. By changing the process parameters, the compactness of thin films is improved effectively. The NH3passivation technology is augmented in a creative way, which improves the minority carrier lifetime. In sight of this, a significant increase is generated in the photoelectric performance of crystalline silicon solar cell.

scholarly journals Light absorption enhancement in ultrathin film solar cell with embedded dielectric nanowires

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud A. Elrabiaey ◽  
Mohamed Hussein ◽  
Mohamed Farhat O. Hameed ◽  
Salah S. A. Obayya
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Optical Path Length ◽  
Photocurrent Density ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Novel Design

Abstract A novel design of thin-film crystalline silicon solar cell (TF C-Si-SC) is proposed and numerically analyzed. The reported SC has 1.0 µm thickness of C-Si with embedded dielectric silicon dioxide nanowires (NWs). The introduced NWs increase the light scattering in the active layer which improves the optical path length and hence the light absorption. The SC geometry has been optimized using particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique to improve the optical and electrical characteristics. The suggested TF C-Si-SC with two embedded NWs offers photocurrent density ($${J}_{ph}$$ J ph ) of 32.8 mA cm−2 which is higher than 18 mA cm−2 of the conventional thin film SC with an enhancement of 82.2%. Further, a power conversion efficiency of 15.9% is achieved using the reported SC.

scholarly journals Improving thin-film crystalline silicon solar cell efficiencies with photonic crystals

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (25) ◽  
pp. 16986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Bermel ◽  
Chiyan Luo ◽  
Lirong Zeng ◽  
Lionel C. Kimerling ◽  
John D. Joannopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell
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