Characterization and analysis of multilayer solar cells

Author

Sproul, A.B. ; Shi, Z. ; Zhao, J. ; Wang, A. ; Tang, Y.H. ; Yun, F. ; Young, T. ; Huang, Y. ; Edmiston, S. ; Wenham, S.R. ; Green, M.A.

Author_Institution

Centre for Photovoltaic Devices & Syst., New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

1410

Abstract

The unique attribute of the new multilayer solar cell structure based on multiple interleaved n- and p-type layers is that high efficiencies are feasible using polycrystalline silicon material orders of magnitude poorer in quality than that presently used in commercial bulk devices. This paper describes the results from the characterization and analysis of this new device concept as well as progress towards realizing high performance devices upon low quality material. The latter has involved experimentation with multilayers deposited onto “inert” crystalline substrates, crystallization of layers deposited onto glass, and “slag-free” laser grooving of silicon to simplify processing

Keywords

crystallisation; elemental semiconductors; p-n heterojunctions; semiconductor device models; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; substrates; Si; characterization; crystalline substrates; crystallization; laser grooving; material quality; modelling; multilayer solar cells; performance; polycrystalline semiconductor; Chemical vapor deposition; Crystallization; Dielectric substrates; Doping; Glass; Grain size; Metallization; Nonhomogeneous media; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520212

Filename

520212