Title
Interdigitated back-contact heterojunction solar cell concept for liquid phase crystallized thin-film silicon on glass
Date Issued
01 May 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sonntag P.
Haschke J.
Kühnapfel S.
Frijnts T.
Amkreutz D.
Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie GmbH
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Abstract
We present an interdigitated back-contact silicon heterojunction system designed for liquid-phase crystallized thin-film (~10 μm) silicon on glass. The preparation of the interdigitated emitter (a-Si:H(p)) and absorber (a-Si:H(n)) contact layers relies on the etch selectivity of doped amorphous silicon layers in alkaline solutions. The etch rates of a-Si:H(n) and a-Si:H(p) in 0.6% NaOH were determined and interdigitated back-contact silicon heterojunction solar cells with two different metallizations, namely Al and ITO/Ag electrodes, were evaluated regarding electrical and optical properties. An additional random pyramid texture on the back side provides short-circuit current density (jSC) of up to 30.3 mA/cm2 using the ITO/Ag metallization. The maximum efficiency of 10.5% is mainly limited by a low of fill factor of 57%. However, the high jSC, as well as VOC values of 633 mV and pseudo-fill factors of 77%, underline the high potential of this approach.
Start page
716
End page
724
Volume
24
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84952359538
Source
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
ISSN of the container
10627995
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