Comparison of hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium and nanocrystalline silicon for multijunction solar cells - Pros, cons, and status

被引:9
作者
Yang, J [1 ]
Yan, BJ [1 ]
Yue, GZ [1 ]
Guha, S [1 ]
机构
[1] United Solar Ovan Corp, Troy, MI 48084 USA
来源
Conference Record of the Thirty-First IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005 | 2005年
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D O I
10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488394
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
A comparison is made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe:H) and hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) for use in the bottom cell of a multijunction structure. In our laboratory, an initial active-area cell efficiency of 14.6% has been achieved in both a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H/a-SiGe:H and a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H/nc-Si:H triple-junction structures. Their light-soaked stabilized efficiencies are also similar. Pros, cons, issues, and status for using these two low bandgap absorber materials in multijunction structures are presented.
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