High current, thin silicon-on-ceramic solar cell

被引：7

作者：

Ford, DH ^{[1
]}

Rand, JA ^{[1
]}

Delledonne, EJ ^{[1
]}

Ingram, AE ^{[1
]}

Bisaillon, JC ^{[1
]}

Feyock, BW ^{[1
]}

Mauk, MG ^{[1
]}

Hall, RB ^{[1
]}

Barnett, AM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Astropower Inc, Newark, DE 19716 USA

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES | 1999年 / 46卷 / 10期

关键词：

ceramic; light-trapping; photovoltaic effect; texture; thin silicon;

D O I：

10.1109/16.792012

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Thin-film polycrystalline silicon solar cells offer the potential to achieve 19% efficient photovoltaic power conversion. Well-designed, 20-100 micron thick, thin-film silicon solar cells can achieve high efficiency by employing light trapping and back surface passivation. Low cost is achieved by minimizing the amount of feedstock silicon required per watt of power output. Electrically insulating supporting substrates enable monolithic. series-connected submodules. a solar cell device comprised of a 20 micron thick layer of silicon grown on an insulating ceramic substrate, designed to effect light-trapping and hack surface passivation, has resulted in an independently verified short circuit current of 25.8 mA/cm(2). Analysis of the spectral response of the solar cell indicates the presence of both fight-trapping and hack surface passivation with an effective diffusion length in excess of twice the device thickness.

引用

页码：2162 / 2164

页数：3