Title :
Fabrication and properties of the flexible a-Si:H solar cells on plastic films using roll-to-roll method
Author :
Shinohara, Hisato ; Abe, Masayoshi ; Nishi, Kazuo ; Arai, Yasuyuki
Author_Institution :
TDK Corp. R&D Center, Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Flexible a-Si:H solar cells were fabricated on plastic films using the roll-to-roll method. The films used in this study were 0.075 mm thick and 230 mm wide. These solar cells were fabricated in a sequential process. We studied the distribution of characteristics in the longitudinal direction of the film. A conversion efficiency of 8.02% was obtained under AM-1.5 100 mW/cm2. Stability of the submodule was estimated, and we developed a new organic resin material. The submodule achieved high reliability at high temperature and humidity
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; polymer films; semiconductor device reliability; silicon; solar cells; 0.075 mm; 230 mm; 8.02 percent; Si:H; conversion efficiency; fabrication; flexible a-Si:H solar cells; high humidity; high reliability; high temperature; longitudinal direction characteristics; organic resin material; plastic films; roll-to-roll method; submodule stability; Costs; Electrodes; Fabrication; Glass; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmas; Plastic films; Production; Semiconductor lasers; Substrates;
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
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520053
