Dependence of photovoltaic parameters on grain size and density of states in n+–i–p+ and p+–i–n+ polycrystalline silicon solar cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 516 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Zebentout ◽  
Z. Benamara ◽  
T. Mohammed-Brahim
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Photovoltaic Parameters

Modeling the Performance of Biaxially-Textured Silicon Solar Cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel B. Li ◽  
Bruce M. Clemens
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Performance Gain ◽  
Carrier Recombination ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Performance Gains ◽  
Tcad Sentaurus

ABSTRACTGrain boundaries (GBs) in polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin film solar cells are frequently found to be detrimental for device performance. Biaxiallytextured silicon with grains that are well-aligned in-plane and out-of-plane can possess fewer GB defects. In this work, we use TCAD Sentaurus device simulator and known experimental work to investigate and quantify the potential performance gains of biaxially-textured silicon. Simulation shows there can be performance gain from well-aligned grains when GB defects dominate carrier recombination or when grains are small. On the other hand, when intra-grain defects dominate recombination and grains are large, well-aligned grains do not lead to much performance gain. Another important result from our simulation is when intra-grain and GB defects are few, Jsc is almost independent of grain size while Voc drops with decreasing grain size.

Effect of grain size and dislocation density on the performance of thin film polycrystalline silicon solar cells

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
pp. 7635-7640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuru Imaizumi ◽  
Tadashi Ito ◽  
Masafumi Yamaguchi ◽  
Kyojiro Kaneko
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Dislocation Density ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells

scholarly journals Effects of inhomogeneous grain size distribution in polycrystalline silicon solar cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimi Abass ◽  
Björn Maes ◽  
Dries Van Gestel ◽  
Koen Van Wichelen ◽  
Marc Burgelman
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Grain Size Distribution ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells

Thin-film polycrystalline silicon solar cells formed by diode laser crystallisation

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1377-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathon Dore ◽  
Rhett Evans ◽  
Ute Schubert ◽  
Bonne D. Eggleston ◽  
Daniel Ong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Diode Laser ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells
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