scholarly journals Large-area Suns-Voc Tester for Thin-film Solar Cells on Glass Superstrates

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hidayat ◽  
P.I. Widenborg ◽  
A.G. Aberle
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area

Studies of key technologies for large area CdTe thin film solar cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 515 (15) ◽  
pp. 5792-5797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianghuan Feng ◽  
Lili Wu ◽  
Zhi Lei ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Yaping Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Cdte Thin Film ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Key Technologies

Large Area CdS/CuxS Thin Film Solar Cells Produced by Electrophoretic Deposition

1982 ◽  
pp. 732-736
Author(s):  
T. J. Cumberbatch ◽  
I. D. Mclnally ◽  
E. W. Williams ◽  
D. J. Gibbons ◽  
M. Claybourn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Electrophoretic Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area

CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 45-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Suntola
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Thick Layer ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Cdte Thin Film ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Cell Structures

Cadmium telluride is currently the most promising material for high efficiency, low-cost thin-film solar cells. Cadmium telluride is a compound semiconductor with an ideal 1.45 eV bandgap for direct light-to-electricity conversion. The light absorption coefficient of CdTe is high enough to make a one-micrometer-thick layer of material absorb over 99% of the visible light. Processing homogenous polycrystalline thin films seems to be less critical for CdTe than for many other compound semiconductors. The best small-area CdTe thin-film cells manufactured show more than 15% conversion efficiency. Large-area modules with aperture efficiencies in excess of 10% have also been demonstrated. The long-term stability of CdTe solar cell structures is not known in detail or in the necessary time span. Indication of good stability has been demonstrated. One of the concerns about CdTe solar cells is the presence of cadmium which is an environmentally hazardous material.

8.2% pure selenide kesterite thin-film solar cells from large-area electrodeposited precursors

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Vauche ◽  
Lisa Risch ◽  
Yudania Sánchez ◽  
Mirjana Dimitrievska ◽  
Marcel Pasquinelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area

Efficient light trapping for maskless large area randomly textured glass structures with various haze ratios in silicon thin film solar cells

Solar Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 1173-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahzada Qamar Hussain ◽  
Anh Huy Tuan Le ◽  
Kumar Mallem ◽  
Hyeongsik Park ◽  
Minkyu Ju ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Silicon Thin Film

scholarly journals Advances in Evaporated Solid-Phase-Crystallized Poly-Si Thin-Film Solar Cells on Glass (EVA)

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Kunz ◽  
Z. Ouyang ◽  
J. Wong ◽  
A. G. Aberle
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Device Fabrication ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Numerical Device

Polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on glass obtained by solid-phase crystallization (SPC) of PECVD-deposited a-Si precursor diodes are capable of producing large-area devices with respectable photovoltaic efficiency. This has not yet been shown for equivalent devices made from evaporated Si precursor diodes (“EVA” solar cells). We demonstrate that there are two main problems for the metallization of EVA solar cells: (i) shunting of the p-n junction when the air-side metal contact is deposited; (ii) formation of the glass-side contact with low contact resistance and without shunting. We present a working metallization scheme and first current-voltage and quantum efficiency results of 2 cm2 EVA solar cells. The best planar EVA solar cells produced so far achieved fill factors up to 64%, series resistance values in the range of 4-5 Ωcm2, short-circuit current densities of up to 15.6 mA/cm2, and efficiencies of up to 4.25%. Using numerical device simulation, a diffusion length of about 4 μm is demonstrated for such devices. These promising results confirm that the device fabrication scheme presented in this paper is well suited for the metallization of EVA solar cells and that the electronic properties of evaporated SPC poly-Si materials are sufficient for PV applications.

Optical mapping of large area thin film solar cells

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiquan Huang ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Michelle N. Sestak ◽  
Dinesh Attygalle ◽  
Lila Raj Dahal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Mapping ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area
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