21.5% Efficient thin silicon solar cell

Wang, A.; Zhao, Jianhua; Wenham, Stuart; Green, Michael A

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-159x(199601/02)4:1<55::aid-pip111>3.0.co;2-p

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“…192,193 Several strategies have been developed to increase light coupling in ultra-thin silicon (o50 mm) and fabricate solar cells from such material. [194][195][196][197][198][199][200][201][202][203][204] In particular Solexel's 239.7 cm 2 cell using 35 mm-thick silicon delivered a remarkable power conversion efficiency of 21.2%. 11…”

Section: Wafer Crystallinity and Conductivity Typementioning

confidence: 99%

High-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells: status and perspectives

Battaglia

Cuevas

Wolf

2016

Energy Environ. Sci.

914

575

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Section: Wafer Crystallinity and Conductivity Typementioning

confidence: 99%

High-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells: status and perspectives

Battaglia

Cuevas

Wolf

2016

Energy Environ. Sci.

914

575

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“…For example, the world record efficiency of 20.3% on multicrystalline silicon using a fully surface passivated cell structure was achieved on 99 μm thick material while an efficiency of "only" 19.9% was achieved for a 218 μm thick wafer of the same material type [14]. Using high-efficiency cell structures, efficiencies greater than 20% have been achieved on extremely thin monocrystalline wafers of less than 50 μm [52,53].…”

Section: Bulk Propertiesmentioning

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High-Efficiency Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Glunz

2007

Advances in OptoElectronics

118

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The current cost distribution of a crystalline silicon PV module is clearly dominated by material costs, especially by the costs of the silicon wafer. Therefore cell designs that allow the use of thinner wafers and the increase of energy conversion efficiency are of special interest to the PV industry. This article gives an overview of the most critical issues to achieve this aim and of the recent activities at Fraunhofer ISE and other institutes.

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“…Many researchers have concentrated on increasing the efficiency and achieving maximum power. Recorded efficiency for a free-standing 50μm thin film monocrystalline silicon solar cell is 17% [55], for 47μm thin film silicon cell is 21.5% [56] and maximum recorded efficiency for inorganic solar cells is 24.7% [57].…”

Section: Inorganic Photovoltaic Materialsmentioning

confidence: 94%