High Efficiency Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 970-973
Author(s):  
Chun Rong Xue ◽  
Xia Yun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Triple Junction ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
High Efficiency Solar Cells ◽  
Alternative Material ◽  
Staebler Wronski Effect

High-efficiency solar cells based on amorphous silicon technology are designed. Multi-junction amorphous silicon solar cells are discussed, how these are made and how their performance can be understood and optimized. Although significant amount of work has been carried out in the last twenty-five years, the Staebler-Wronski effect has limited the development of a-Si:H solar cells. As an alternative material, nc-Si:H has attracted remarkable attention. Taking advantage of a lower degradation in nc-Si:H than a-Si:H and a-SiGe:H alloys, the light induced degradation in triple junction structures has been minimized by designing a bottom-cell-limited current mismatching, and obtained a stable active-area cell efficiency. All this has been investigated in this paper.

Remarkable progress in thin-film silicon solar cells using high-efficiency triple-junction technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soohyun Kim ◽  
Jin-Won Chung ◽  
Hyun Lee ◽  
Jinhee Park ◽  
Younho Heo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Triple Junction ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Remarkable Progress

scholarly journals Surface Plasmon Enhanced Light Trapping in Metal/Silicon Nanobowl Arrays for Thin Film Photovoltaics

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruinan Sun ◽  
Haoxin Fu ◽  
Jiang Wang ◽  
Yachun Wang ◽  
Xingchen Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Periodic Arrays ◽  
High Efficiency Solar Cells ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Significant Cost Reduction

Enhancing the light absorption in thin film silicon solar cells with nanophotonic and plasmonic structures is important for the realization of high efficiency solar cells with significant cost reduction. In this work, we investigate periodic arrays of conformal metal/silicon nanobowl arrays (MSNBs) for light trapping applications in silicon solar cells. They exhibited excellent light-harvesting ability across a wide range of wavelengths up to infrared regimes. The optimized structure (MSNBsH) covered by SiO2 passivation layer and hemisphere Ag back reflection layer has a maximal short-circuit density (Jsc) 25.5 mA/cm2, which is about 88.8% higher than flat structure counterpart, and the light-conversion efficiency (η) is increased two times from 6.3% to 12.6%. The double-side textures offer a promising approach to high efficiency ultrathin silicon solar cells.

scholarly journals Research on high-efficiency, single-junction, monolithic, thin-film amorphous silicon solar cells

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ayra ◽  
M. Bennett ◽  
C. Dickson ◽  
B. Fieselmann ◽  
C. Fortmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Single Junction

High efficiency triple junction thin film silicon solar cells with optimized electrical structure

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1313-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bofei Liu ◽  
Lisha Bai ◽  
Ze Chen ◽  
Xiaodan Zhang ◽  
Dekun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Triple Junction ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Electrical Structure ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Design for Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 961-964
Author(s):  
Chun Rong Xue ◽  
Xia Yun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Plasma Deposition ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Technology ◽  
High Efficiency Solar Cells ◽  
Fundamental Physical

This document explains and demonstrates how to design efficient amorphous silicon solar cells. Some of the fundamental physical concepts required to interpret the scientific literature about amorphous silicon are introduced. The principal methods such as plasma deposition that are used to make amorphous siliconbased solar cells are investigated. On the basis, high-efficiency solar cells based on amorphous silicon technology are designed. Multi-junction amorphous silicon solar cells are discussed, how these are made and how their performance can be understood and optimized. To conclude this document, some of the directions that are important for future progress in the field are presented.

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