scholarly journals Replacement of n-type layers with a non-toxic APTES interfacial layer to improve the performance of amorphous Si thin-film solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 7536-7542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Hafeez ◽  
Dae Keun Choi ◽  
Chang Min Lee ◽  
P. Justin Jesuraj ◽  
Dong Hyun Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Interfacial Layer ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Toxic Gases ◽  
Amorphous Si ◽  
Hydrogenated Amorphous ◽  
Si Thin Film

Hydrogenated amorphous Si (a-Si:H) thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) generally contain p/n-type Si layers, which are fabricated using toxic gases.

Fabrication of Flexible Amorphous-Si Thin-Film Solar Cells on a Parylene Template Using a Direct Separation Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1433-1439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Yung Lo ◽  
Dong-Sing Wuu ◽  
Chia-Hao Chang ◽  
Chao-Chun Wang ◽  
Shui-Yang Lien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Separation Process ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Direct Separation ◽  
Amorphous Si ◽  
Si Thin Film

Improved photovoltaic characteristics of amorphous Si thin‐film solar cells containing nanostructure silver conductors fabricated using a non‐vacuum process

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 757-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung‐Yuan Kung ◽  
Jun‐Chin Liu ◽  
Yu‐Hung Chen ◽  
Chen‐Cheng Lin ◽  
Hsin‐Wei Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Si ◽  
Photovoltaic Characteristics ◽  
Si Thin Film

Effects of hydrogen plasma treatment on SnO2:F substrates for amorphous Si thin film solar cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1589-1593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Seung Choi ◽  
Young-Ju Lee ◽  
Jung-Dae Kwon ◽  
Yongsoo Jeong ◽  
Ju-Yun Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Plasma Treatment ◽  
Hydrogen Plasma ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Si ◽  
Si Thin Film

Fabrications of Si Thin-Film Solar Cells by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition and Laser Doping Techniques

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (4B) ◽  
pp. 3516-3518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shui-Yang Lien ◽  
Dong-Sing Wuu ◽  
Hsin-Yuan Mao ◽  
Bing-Rui Wu ◽  
Yen-Chia Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Laser Doping ◽  
Si Thin Film

Absorption Enhancement Induced by Nanocone Grating in Si Thin Film Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 043101
Author(s):  
邵彪 Shao Biao ◽  
张瑞英 Zhang Ruiying ◽  
赵春雨 Zhao Chunyu ◽  
董建荣 Dong Jianrong ◽  
杨辉 Yang Hui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Si Thin Film

scholarly journals Semiperiodic Ultra-Broadband Double-Grating to Improve c-Si Thin-Film Solar Cell’s Optical Absorption, through Numerical Structural Optimization

Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandana Jalali ◽  
Hamid Nadgaran ◽  
Daniel Erni
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Structural Optimization ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Reference Structure ◽  
Photon Management ◽  
Integrated Optical ◽  
Si Thin Film

Plasmonic gratings provide effective photon management techniques in thin-film solar cells, capable of extending the optical thickness of the solar cell’s active layer. However, the ultra-broadband nature of such application makes an optimal design of the grating structure quite challenging, since a fully periodic grating operates only in specific spectral ranges. To achieve a more broadband design, semiperiodicity is introduced, which, due to having controllable disorder, is an apt solution in broadband optical applications. In this work, semiperiodic double gratings as a broadband photon management technique are introduced in order to improve the optical absorption of c-Si thin-film solar cells, and optimized through numerical structural optimization. Physical parameters of both front and back gratings are determined taking the spectrally integrated optical absorption as the figure of merit and subsequently a semiperiodic double grating is established through adding defects to the fully periodic structure. It is shown that such semiperiodic structure is capable of enhancing the spectrally integrated optical absorption 88.6 % compared to a reference structure without gratings.

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