Combining light-harvesting with detachability in high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells

Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 7169-7178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay K. Ram ◽  
Derese Desta ◽  
Rita Rizzoli ◽  
Michele Bellettato ◽  
Folmer Lyckegaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

scholarly journals Light harvesting schemes for high efficiency thin film silicon solar cells

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthieu Despeisse ◽  
Mathieu Boccard ◽  
Corsin Battaglia ◽  
Gregory Bugnon ◽  
Mathieu Charriere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

Large-scale, high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells fabricated by short-pulsed plasma CVD method

2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (18-19) ◽  
pp. 3416-3421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Fujioka ◽  
A. Shimizu ◽  
H. Fukuda ◽  
T. Oouchida ◽  
S. Tachibana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Pulsed Plasma ◽  
Plasma Cvd ◽  
Cvd Method ◽  
Thin Film Silicon

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.

High-efficiency drift-field thin-film silicon solar cells grown on electronically inactive substrates

1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.F. Zheng ◽  
W. Zhang ◽  
Z. Shi ◽  
D. Thorp ◽  
R.B. Bergmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Drift Field ◽  
Thin Film Silicon
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