scholarly journals Optical absorption and light scattering in microcrystalline silicon thin films and solar cells

2000 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Poruba ◽  
A. Fejfar ◽  
Z. Remeš ◽  
J. Špringer ◽  
M. Vaněček ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Scattering ◽  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Films

scholarly journals Performance optimization of p-i-n type microcrystalline silicon thin films solar cells deposited in single chamber

2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 1344
Author(s):  
Zhang Xiao-Dan ◽  
Sun Fu-He ◽  
Xu Sheng-Zhi ◽  
Wang Guang-Hong ◽  
Wei Chang-Chun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Single Chamber ◽  
Silicon Thin Films

Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films and Triple-Junction Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 468-471 ◽  
pp. 1912-1915
Author(s):  
Hui Zhi Ren ◽  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Xiao Dan Zhang ◽  
Hong Ge ◽  
Zong Pan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Triple Junction ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Large Area ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Area Efficiency ◽  
Silicon Thin Films ◽  
Deposition Parameters ◽  
Area Deposition

We report on microcrystalline silicon thin films and a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H/μc-Si:H triple-junction p-i-n solar cells deposited on large-area glass substrate. Microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) bottom cells were deposited at a VHF-PECVD deposition system with 40.68MHz. It is necessary to develop the uniformity of μc-Si:H thin films for large-area deposition of high-quality triple-junction solar cells. By optimizing the deposition parameters, μc-Si:H thin films have been obtained with good thickness and very good crystalline volume fractions uniformity over the whole substrates area. The triple-junction module have been successful fabricated. The best module on 0.79 m2 size substrates has an initial total-area efficiency of 8.35%.

scholarly journals Fabrication of intrinsic microcrystalline silicon thin films used for solar cells and its structure

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 4874
Author(s):  
Zhang Xiao-Dan ◽  
Zhao Ying ◽  
Gao Yang-Tao ◽  
Zhu Feng ◽  
Wei Chang-Chun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Films

Deposition of microcrystalline silicon thin films for solar cells by VHF-PECVD

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodan Zhang ◽  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Feng Zhu ◽  
Yaohua Mai ◽  
Changchun Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Films

The effect of initial discharge conditions on the properties of microcrystalline silicon thin films and solar cells

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 057205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Yong-Sheng ◽  
Yang Shi-E ◽  
Wang Jian-Hua ◽  
Lu Jing-Xiao ◽  
Gao Xiao-Yong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Films ◽  
Initial Discharge

scholarly journals Grown Low-Temperature Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Film by VHF PECVD for Thin Films Solar Cell

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanglong Peng ◽  
Desheng Wang ◽  
Fuhua Yang ◽  
Zhanguo Wang ◽  
Fei Ma
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Very High Frequency ◽  
Silicon Thin Films

Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon thin films can be used to fabricate stable thin film solar cell, which were deposited by very high frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition at low temperatures (~200°C). It has been found that the obtained film presented excellent structural and electrical properties, such as high growth rate and good crystallinity. With the decreasing of silane concentration, the optical gap and the dark conductivity increased, whereas the activation energy decreased. A reasonable explanation was presented to elucidate these phenomena. In addition, we fabricated p-i-n structure solar cells using the optimum microcrystalline silicon thin films, and preliminary efficiency of 4.6% was obtained for 1 μm thick microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells with open-circuits voltage of 0.773 V and short-circuits current density of 12.28 mA/cm2. Future scope for performance improvement lies mainly in further increasing the short-circuit current.

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