scholarly journals Investigation of improved conversion efficiency of microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 6697
Author(s):  
Zhang Xiao-Dan ◽  
Zhao Ying ◽  
Gao Yan-Tao ◽  
Chen Fei ◽  
Zhu Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Film

Novel patterned layer to enhance conversion efficiency of amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 211 (7) ◽  
pp. 1493-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Doo Kim ◽  
Kang-Soo Han ◽  
Ju-Hyeon Shin ◽  
Joong-Yeon Cho ◽  
Chan Im ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Thin Film

scholarly journals Light Scattering and Current Enhancement for Microcrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells on Aluminium-Induced Texture Glass Superstrates with Double Texture

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunfeng Yin ◽  
Nasim Sahraei ◽  
Selvaraj Venkataraj ◽  
Sonya Calnan ◽  
Sven Ring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Optical Scattering ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Surface Topology ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Wide Range

Microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) thin-film solar cells are processed on glass superstrates having both micro- and nanoscale surface textures. The microscale texture is realised at the glass surface, using the aluminium-induced texturing (AIT) method, which is an industrially feasible process enabling a wide range of surface feature sizes (i.e., 700 nm–3 μm) of the textured glass. The nanoscale texture is made by conventional acid etching of the sputter-deposited transparent conductive oxide (TCO). The influence of the resulting “double texture” on the optical scattering is investigated by means of atomic force microscopy (AFM) (studying the surface topology), haze measurements (studying scattering into air), and short-circuit current enhancement measurements (studying scattering into silicon). A predicted enhanced optical scattering efficiency is experimentally proven by a short-circuit current enhancementΔIscof up to 1.6 mA/cm2(7.7% relative increase) compared to solar cells fabricated on a standard superstrate, that is, planar glass covered with nanotextured TCO. Enhancing the autocorrelation length (or feature size) of the AIT superstrates might have the large potential to improve theμc-Si:H thin-film solar cell efficiency, by reducing the shunting probability of the device while maintaining a high optical scattering performance.

A novel way of texturing glass for microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells application

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1283-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangtao Yang ◽  
René A. C. M. M. van Swaaij ◽  
Olindo Isabella ◽  
Miro Zeman
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Thin Film
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