Title
Microcrystalline silicon thin film solar modules on glass
Date Issued
23 November 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Abstract
We developed microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) thin film solar modules on textured ZnO-coated glass. The single junction (p-i-n) cell structure was prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) at substrate temperatures below 250 °C. Front ZnO and back contacts were prepared by sputtering. A process for the monolithic series connection of μc-Si:H cells by laser scribing was developed. These microcrystalline p-i-n modules showed aperture area efficiencies up to 8.3% and 7.3% on aperture areas of 64 and 676 cm2, respectively. The temperature coefficient of the efficiency was -0.4%/K. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Start page
3047
End page
3053
Volume
90
Issue
18-19
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Óptica
Recubrimiento, Películas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33748298850
Source
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
ISSN of the container
09270248
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank W. Appenzeller, J. Kirchhoff, G. Schöpe, H. Stiebig and J. Müller for their contributions to this work. The laser scribing processes were developed in close co-operation with RWE SCHOTT Solar GmbH, Phototronics. Financial support by the BMWi (Contracts: 0329885A and 0329923A) is gratefully acknowledged.
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