Proton Irradiation and Annealing of a-Si Thin-Film Solar Cells for Space Applications: Results at 160 keV

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Liu ◽  
Jennifer Granata ◽  
John Halpine ◽  
John Nocerino ◽  
Edward Simburger
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Proton Irradiation ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Space Applications ◽  
Si Thin Film

POSS Polyimide Sealed Flexible Triple‐Junction GaAs Thin‐Film Solar Cells for Space Applications

2021 ◽  
pp. 2100603
Author(s):  
Min Qian ◽  
Xiaojun Mao ◽  
Min Wu ◽  
Zhangyi Cao ◽  
Qing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Triple Junction ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Space Applications

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

Radiation-Hard and Ultralightweight Polycrystalline Cadmium Telluride Thin-Film Solar Cells for Space Applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 1463-1468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwangseok Yang ◽  
Eun Woo Cho ◽  
Yun Jeong Hwang ◽  
Byoung Koun Min ◽  
Yoonmook Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Space Applications ◽  
Radiation Hard

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.

Relationship between average slope of textured substrate and poly-Si thin film solar cells performance

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Muhida ◽  
A. G. E. Sutjipto ◽  
T. Toyama ◽  
H. Okamoto ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Average Slope ◽  
Si Thin Film

Influence of Surface Morphology of Textured Substrate against Poly-Si Thin Film Solar Cells Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 737 ◽  
pp. 105-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riza Muhida ◽  
Toshihiko Toyama ◽  
Hiroaki Okamoto
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Surface Morphology ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Photovoltaic Performance ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Root Mean Square Roughness ◽  
Textured Surface ◽  
Si Thin Film

Since poly-Si is an indirect band gap material and has low optical absorption coefficient in the visible-infrared region, the light trapping in thin film poly-Si layer by using textured substrate is one of the important technical issue for achievement of high short current. Surface texture of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer on a glass substrate as well as SnO2 with a large grain are usually utilized for the light-trapping technique, i.e., path lengths of the incident light in the poly-Si layer are effectively enhanced by the light-scattering at the textured surface. In this paper, a systematic investigation has been carried out concerning the relationship between poly-Si thin film solar cells performance and surface morphology of substrate texture as a function of root mean square roughness of substrate surface, in order to find the optimum textured substrate and realize the light trapping in the poly-Si solar cells. Furthermore, the influence of textured substrate on optical reflectance, poly-Si microstructure and photovoltaic performance are also discussed.

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
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