Advanced Light Trapping of High-Efficiency Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (10S) ◽  
pp. 10NB02 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomomi Meguro ◽  
Andrea Feltrin ◽  
Takashi Suezaki ◽  
Mitsuru Ichikawa ◽  
Takashi Kuchiyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Innovative Device Architecture for High Efficiency Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 1426 ◽  
pp. 131-135
Author(s):  
Mathieu Boccard ◽  
Matthieu Despeisse ◽  
Christophe Ballif
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Oxide ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Electrical Circuit ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Device Architecture ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Photovoltaic Technologies

ABSTRACTThe challenge for all photovoltaic technologies is to maximize light absorption, convert photons with minimal losses to electrical charges and efficiently extract them towards the electrical circuit. For thin film silicon solar cells, a compromise must be found as light trapping is usually performed through textured interfaces, that are detrimental to the subsequent growth of dense and high quality silicon layers. We introduce here the concept of smoothening intermediate reflecting layers (IRL), enabling to combine high currents and good electrical quality in Micromorph devices in the superstrate configuration. After exposing the motivation for such structures, we validate the concept by showing a VOCenhancement when employing a polished silicon-oxide-based IRL. Shunting issues and additional reflection losses are pointed out with such technique, highlighting the need to develop alternative techniques for an efficient morphology adaptation before the microcrystalline silicon cell growth.

Advanced Light Trapping of High-Efficiency Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 10NB02 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomomi Meguro ◽  
Andrea Feltrin ◽  
Takashi Suezaki ◽  
Mitsuru Ichikawa ◽  
Takashi Kuchiyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Geometric light trapping for high efficiency thin film silicon solar cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 185-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Escarré ◽  
Karin Söderström ◽  
Matthieu Despeisse ◽  
Sylvain Nicolay ◽  
Corsin Battaglia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Advanced light trapping designs for high efficiency thin film silicon solar cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Feltrin ◽  
Tomomi Meguro ◽  
Elisabeth Van Assche ◽  
Takashi Suezaki ◽  
Mitsuru Ichikawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Quick design of high efficiency light trapping nanostructures for thin film silicon solar cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 395 ◽  
pp. 122-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Guo ◽  
Dashuai Wang ◽  
Bang Liu ◽  
Yong Zhou ◽  
Shaorong Li
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
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

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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