Title
Silicon thin-film solar cells on glass with open-circuit voltages above 620 mV formed by liquid-phase crystallization
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Institute for Silicon-Photovoltaics
Publisher(s)
IEEE Electron Devices Society
Abstract
Liquid-phase crystallization (LPC) using line-shaped energy sources such as laser or electron beam has proven to be a suitable method to grow large grained high-quality silicon films onto commercially well-available glass substrates. In this study, we compare cw-diode laser-crystallized absorbers with electron beam-crystallized material using backcontacted backjunction solar cells. Furthermore, the influence of the absorber doping concentration thickness on the solar cell performance is studied. Using experimental data obtained on test structures, as well as solar cells and 1-D device simulations, an ideal dopant concentration is determined to be 2-6 × 1016 cm-3}, in combination with an absorber thickness of 10-20 μm. Finally, we present a slightly modified cell process to reduce the optical losses, which resulted in conversion efficiencies of up to 11.8%.
Start page
1496
End page
1501
Volume
4
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de sistemas y comunicaciones
Subjects
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84908251640
Source
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
ISSN of the container
21563381
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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