Flexible a-Si:H/nc-Si:H tandem thin film silicon solar cells on plastic substrates withi-layers made by hot-wire CVD

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbo Li ◽  
C. H. M. van der Werf ◽  
A. Borreman ◽  
J. K. Rath ◽  
Ruud E. I. Schropp
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Light trapping in amorphous silicon solar cells on plastic substrates

2003 ◽  
Vol 769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Terrazzoni-Daudrix ◽  
Joelle Guillet ◽  
Xavier Niquille ◽  
Arvind Shah ◽  
R. Morf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Trapping Effect ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

AbstractIn order to simultaneously decrease the production costs of thin film silicon solar cells and obtain higher performances, the authors have studied the possibility to increase the light trapping effect within thin film silicon solar cells deposited on flexible plastic substrates. In this context, different nano-structure shapes useable for the back contacts of amorphous silicon solar cells on plastic substrates have been investigated: random textures and gratings.The optimisation of such back reflectors is so far empirical. Gratings constitute a well-known optical technique and their light trapping effect can be optimised by simulation.A first conclusion is that neither the traditional “Haze factor” determined in air for a wavelength of 650nm nor the “rms roughness” of the surfaces are sufficient as criteria to optimise the back contact roughness for light trapping in cells. The shape of grains is a further essential criterion. The authors have so far obtained a relative current enhancement of 16% for solar cells deposited on randomly textured polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as compared to a corresponding conventional solar cell co-deposited on a flat mirror (Ag) on glass. Solar cells on PET with 6.3% stabilized efficiency have until now been obtained. Theoretical calculations indicate that gratings can enhance the current of a-Si solar cells by up to 30 percent.

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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