Long-term stability of amorphous silicon solar cells and modules

Eser, E.; Ramaprasad, K. R.; Volltrauer, H.; Ramos, F. Javier; Gau, S. C.; Vos, Rik

doi:10.1016/0379-6787(87)90102-5

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“…Mono-and/or multi-crystalline silicon (Si) materials are key materials for high-performance solar cells [2]. The market share of Si-based solar cells is currently more than 80% because of their excellent advantages, e.g., high power conversion efficiency (PCE) [3] and long-term stability [4]. However, the cost of solar cells is approximately three times higher than that of fossil fuels [5].…”

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Improved Separation and Collection of Charge Carriers in Micro-Pyramidal-Structured Silicon/PEDOT:PSS Hybrid Solar Cells

et al. 2017

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Silicon (Si)/organic polymer hybrid solar cells have great potential for becoming cost-effective and efficient energy-harvesting devices. We report herein on the effects of polymer coverage and the rear electrode on the device performance of Si/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) hybrid solar cells with micro-pyramidal structures. These hybrid solar cells provided adequate generation of charge carriers owing to the suppression of reflectance to below 13%. Additionally, the separation of the photogenerated charge carriers at the micro-pyramidal-structured Si/PEDOT:PSS interface regions and their collection at the electrodes were dramatically improved by tuning the adhesion areas of the PEDOT:PSS layer and the rear electrode materials, thereby attaining a power conversion efficiency of 8.25%. These findings suggest that it is important to control the PEDOT:PSS coverage and to optimize the rear electrode materials in order to achieve highly efficient separation of the charge carriers and their effective collection in micro-textured hybrid solar cells.

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