Title :
Role of the glass/TCO substrate in thin film silicon solar cells
Author :
Müller, Joachim ; Schope, Gunnar ; Rech, Bernd ; Schade, Horst ; Lechner, Peter ; Geyer, Robert ; Stiebig, Helmut ; Reetz, Wilfried
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photovoltaics, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
This paper addresses the influence of the glass/TCO-substrates on the performance of p-i-n thin film silicon solar cells. We investigate various commercially available glass/SnO/sub 2/-substrates as well as magnetron-sputtered and chemically textured ZnO prepared in-house. In detail, we study differences in type and thickness of the glass substrate, the influence of material and light scattering properties of the TCO as well as measurement aspects when assessing and separating the individual effects.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; glass; light scattering; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; sputtered coatings; surface chemistry; surface structure; zinc compounds; Si; chemical textured ZnO; glass-SnO/sub 2/ substrates; light scattering properties; magnetron sputtered ZnO; p-i-n thin film silicon solar cells; transparent conductive oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Osaka, Japan
Print_ISBN :
4-9901816-0-3
