Title :
Potential application of thin-film nanotechnologies in third-generation Si solar cells
Author :
Shieh, Jia-Min ; Shen, Chang-Hong ; Hsueh, Ting-Jen ; Huang, Wen-Hsien ; Dai, Bau-Tong ; Yang, Fu-Liang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Nano Device Labs., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
For the development of third generation Si solar cell with high conversion efficiency over 15% and low manufacturing cost, four thin film nanotechnologies have been proposed, including a photovoltaic material system of SixGe1-x-Si-SiyC1-y with multiple bandgaps, a very dense array of Si-based quantum-dots with UV-to-NIR opto-electronic response, surface plasmonic metal nano-particles with light trapping effect, and ZnO nanowires with anti-reflection function.
Keywords :
nanoparticles; nanotechnology; nanowires; optoelectronic devices; quantum dots; solar cells; thin film devices; SixGe1-x-Si-SiyC1-y; UV-to-NIR opto-electronic response; ZnO; anti-reflection function; light trapping effect; nanowires; photovoltaic material system; quantum-dots; surface plasmonic metal nano-particles; thin-film nanotechnology; third-generation silicon solar cells; Gold; Nanowires; Photovoltaic cells; Quantum dots; Silicon; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5797-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2010.5667852
