Microcrystalline silicon and the impact on micromorph tandem solar cells

被引：100

作者：

Meier, J ^{[1
]}

Dubail, S ^{[1
]}

Golay, S ^{[1
]}

Kroll, U ^{[1
]}

Faÿ, S ^{[1
]}

Vallat-Sauvain, E ^{[1
]}

Feitknecht, L ^{[1
]}

Dubail, J ^{[1
]}

Shah, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Neuchatel, Inst Microtech, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS | 2002年 / 74卷 / 1-4期

关键词：

hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon; thin-film silicon; VHF-GD; LP-CVD ZnO; light-trapping;

D O I：

10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00111-3

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：

Intrinsic microcrystalline silicon opens up new ways for silicon thin-film multi-junction solar cells, the most promising being the "micromorph" tandem concept. The microstructure of entirely microcrystalline p-i-n solar cells is investigated by transmission electron microscopy. By applying low pressure chemical vapor deposition ZnO as front TCO in p-i-n configurated micromorph tandems, a remarkable reduction of the microcrystalline bottom cell thickness is achieved. Micromorph tandem cells with high open circuit voltages of 1.413 V could be accomplished. A stabilized efficiency of around 11% is estimated for micromorph tandems consisting of 2 pm thick bottom cells. Applying the monolithic series connection, a micromorph module (23.3 cm(2)) of 9.1% stabilized efficiency could be obtained. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：457 / 467

页数：11

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