Efficiency increase of a-Si:H solar cells with optimized front and back contact textures

Fortes, M.; Belfar, A.; García‐Loureiro, Antonio J.

doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.12.173

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“…Each device can be (Bailie et al, 2015;Blanker et al, 2016;Br� emaud et al, 2007;Chae et al, 2016;Chiril� a et al, 2011;Contreras et al, 1999;Guchhait et al, 2017;Ishizuka et al, 2008;Jackson et al, 2011;Kaigawa et al, 2010;Lee et al, 2018;Moon et al, 2015;Nakada et al, 2006;Nanayakkara et al, 2017;Niki et al, 2010;Schmid et al, 2010;Shen et al, 2018;Tober et al, 2003;Todorov et al, 2016;Werner et al, 2018;Wuerz et al, 2012;Xiao et al, 2010;Yagioka and Nakada, 2009;Yamaguchi et al, 2018). (Blanker et al, 2016;Chae et al, 2016;Fortes et al, 2018;Green et al, 2018;Kaigawa et al, 2010;Moon et al, 2015;Nakada et al, 2006;Niki et al, 2010;Repins et al, 2008;Schmid et al, 2010;Shen et al, 2018;Upadhyaya et al, 2013;Xiao et al, 2010;Yang et al, 2018;Young et al, 2003).…”

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Review of CIGS-based solar cells manufacturing by structural engineering

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The design and development of the next-generation power-efficient CIGS solar cells are at the research forefront due to their potential applications in renewable energy. Due to rich fundamental properties such as chemical and physical structures of the CIGS layer, cell scaffolding, and its promising applications like low cost, easy integration, and high efficiency, the CIGS-based solar cell systems are of considerable interest and received tremendous attention. In this article, we review the CIGS solar cells from the point of view of structural engineering. We explain the intrinsic parts of crystalline, optical, and electronic structures of the CIGS absorber layer up to the extrinsic part of the cell multilayer structure. For intrinsic structure, we primarily review the modification of the crystallinity or chemical composition of the CIGS and the effects that these modifications have on the physical properties such as the adjustment of the bandgap grading, effect of impurity or doping, selenization, oxidation processes, and the surface morphology and structure orientation. For extrinsic structure, the effect of substrates, electrical back contact, windows, n-buffer, grid, and antireflection layers will be discussed further, as well as the possibility of their tandem use with other solar cell thin films.

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“…8. A comparison of single CIGS-based solar cell and CIGS-based tandem solar cells (Blanker et al, 2016;Chae et al, 2016;Fortes et al, 2018;Green et al, 2018;Kaigawa et al, 2010;Moon et al, 2015;Nakada et al, 2006;Niki et al, 2010;Repins et al, 2008;Schmid et al, 2010;Shen et al, 2018;Upadhyaya et al, 2013;Xiao et al, 2010;Yang et al, 2018;Young et al, 2003)…”

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“…[41][42][43][44] For example, ultra-thin textures such as grating, prism arrays, micro-lens, nanopillars, nanopyramids and nanoholes had been extensively investigated. [45][46][47][48][49][50][51] These randomly textured surfaces and periodic photonic structures could be easily manufactured by wet etching, low-pressure deposition, and nanoimprint lithography techniques. [52,53] Roozbeh et.al [54] designed and analyzed the effects of ZnO nanorods and plasmonic nanoparticles on the performance on the perovskite solar cell.…”

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Design of Biomimetic Leaf-type Hierarchical Nanostructure for Enhancing the Solar Energy Harvesting of Ultra-thin Perovskite Solar Cells

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Ultra-thin perovskite solar cell had the advantages of low cost, high efficiency and flexibility, which had significant potential in application. However, a severe optical loss was often observed in the ultra-thin perovskite solar cell due to the insufficient light absorption. In this study, inspired by the efficient light harvesting of hierarchical structure in leaf, a biomimetic leaf-type hierarchical nanostructure was introduced for designing highly efficient ultra-thin perovskite solar cell. In detail, three layers of hexagonal arrays of silica nanoparticles with different radius constructed the biomimetic leaf-type hierarchical structure. The biomimetic leaf-type hierarchical nanostructure was optimized by finite-difference time-domain method combined with particle swarm optimization algorithm to reduce the light reflection and increase the light absorption of the ultra-thin perovskite solar cell. The results indicated that biomimetic leaf-type hierarchical nanostructure could enhance the light absorption of ultra-thin perovskite solar cell by maximum 39% at the long wavelength. The photocurrent of the perovskite solar cell with biomimetic leaf-type hierarchical nanostructure was 8.4% higher than that of perovskite solar cell without biomimetic

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“…Shadow-masking techniques can be considered as a low-cost pattern generation and thin-film device fabrication technique (Park et al, 2006) compared to laser scribing. Indeed, hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) spot-size converters were fabricated using this simple technique (Lipka et al, 2008).…”

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Promising Shadow Masking Technique for the Deposition of High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

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In this work, a detailed description of the various steps involved in the fabrication of high-efficiency hydrogenated amorphous-silicon cells using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and a novel shadow masking technique is presented. The influence of the different masking methods on the cell parameters was experimentally investigated. Particularly, the short-circuit current density (Jsc), the fill factor, the open circuit voltage (Voc), and the resistive losses indicated by the shunt (Rsh) and series (Rs) resistances were measured in order to assess the performance of the cells as a function of the masks used during the cell fabrication process. The results indicate that the use of a masking technique where the p-i-n structure was first deposited over the whole surface of a 20 cm2 × 20 cm2 substrate, followed by the deposition, deposits the back contact through a metal mask, and by the ultrasonic soldering of indium to access the front contact is a good alternative to laser scribing in the laboratory scale. Indeed, a record efficiency of 8.8%, with a short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 15.6 mA/cm2, an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.8 V, and a fill factor of 66.07% and low resistive losses were obtained by this technique. Furthermore, a spectroscopic ellipsometry investigation of the uniformity of the film properties (thickness, band gap, and refractive index) on large-area substrates, which is crucial to mini-module fabrication on a single substrate and for heterojunction development, was performed using the optimal cell deposition recipes. It was found that the relative variations of the band gap, thickness, and refractive index n are less than 1% suggesting that the samples are uniform over the 20 cm2 × 20 cm2 substrate area used in this work.

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Efficiency increase of a-Si:H solar cells with optimized front and back contact textures

Cited by 7 publications

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Review of CIGS-based solar cells manufacturing by structural engineering

Review of CIGS-based solar cells manufacturing by structural engineering

Design of Biomimetic Leaf-type Hierarchical Nanostructure for Enhancing the Solar Energy Harvesting of Ultra-thin Perovskite Solar Cells

Promising Shadow Masking Technique for the Deposition of High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

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