A Comprehensive Review on Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

Sreejith, S.; Ajayan, J.; Kollem, Sreedhar; Sivasankari, B.

doi:10.1007/s12633-021-01644-w

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“…These solar cells have the advantage of low manufacturing cost, great potential, large-scale production, and light weight, but possess some disadvantages including lower efficiency to incident photon absorption compared to crystalline silicon solar cells and degradation of the material, causing instability in the related devices. 33 (b) Cadmium telluride solar cells. In this technology, cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film with a thickness of 3-5 mm is used as an absorber layer.…”

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An overview on the role of ZnTe as an efficient interface in CdTe thin film solar cells: a review

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An overview on the role of ZnTe as an efficient interface in CdTe thin film solar cells: a review

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“…In addition, the performance of first‐generation cells tends to decrease when exposed to higher temperatures. [ 7,21,22 ]…”

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“…In addition, the performance of firstgeneration cells tends to decrease when exposed to higher temperatures. [7,21,22] To reduce costs and facilitate the manufacturing process, the second generation of photovoltaic cells was developed in the early 1990s, consisting of thin films of three different materials: cadmium telluride, amorphous silicon, and copper indium gallium diselenide. However, despite the low cost, this type of cell presents limitations such as low efficiency, instability in terms of electrical production, light-induced degradation, and toxic and scarce metals, which generates a great challenge for the commercialization of this type of cell.…”

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Perovskite and Polymeric Solar Cells: A Comparison of Advances and Key Challenges

Santos

Marques

2022

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One of the most widely used energy sources nowadays is nonrenewable, but the excessive consumption of these resources leads to environmental issues. Therefore, renewable energy sources have received much attention, including photovoltaic energy. A novel technology known as “third‐generation solar cells” is being studied, and in this class, the polymeric solar cells (PSCs) and the perovskite solar cells (PVSKs) can be highlighted. Several researchers are trying to find new ways to improve the energy conversion efficiency (PCE) and long‐term stability of these devices. In particular, PVSK has already demonstrated high PCE, but there is still a long way to go to develop more stable and better processable devices for large‐scale production. In the case of PSC, processability is a positive factor since its flexible films have great mechanical stability and can be processed in roll‐by‐roll systems. However, efficiency is still a challenge for researchers. Nevertheless, both types of devices are good alternatives for silicon cell substitution. However, further studies are needed to address the inherent problems of each device technology and move to large‐scale production.

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“…Antire ective (AR) coatings, which can suppress undesired interfacial Fresnel re ections, have a wide range of promising applications in optical devices, solar cells and laser systems [1][2][3][4][5]. In a high power laser system that involves harmonic converter crystals to convert 1053 nm laser to 351nm laser, there exist simultaneously laser beams at 351, 527 and 1,053 nm passing through an optical component [6][7][8].…”

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Design and Implementation of Three-Layer Mesoporous Silica Coating for Tri-wavelength Broadband Antireflection by Block Copolymer Assisted Sol–Gel Method

Jia

Wang

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Silicon

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A three-layer tri-wavelength broadband antire ective (AR) coating has been successfully fabricated on quartz substrate via a sol-gel route using acid-catalyzed silica sols. An ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-ethylene oxide tribolock copolymer is used as template to prepare ordered mesoporous SiO 2 lms. Assisted by Filmstar thin lm design software, lm thickness for each layer is optimized on the basis of actual optical constants of the three mesoporous silica lms. The three layers generate a reasonable refractive index gradient from air and thus the obtained AR coating possess high transmittance of 99.24%, 99.66% and 99.64% at 351 nm, 527 nm and 1053 nm, respectively. The mesoporous SiO 2 lms with tough skeleton despite different porosity endow the coating good abrasion-resistance, and 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-Per uorodecyltriethoxysilane is further used to modify the surface of the AR coating, which can improve the experimental stability of the coating. This work provides bene cial references for AR coating production of sol-gel technique.

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A Comprehensive Review on Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

Cited by 34 publications

References 151 publications

An overview on the role of ZnTe as an efficient interface in CdTe thin film solar cells: a review

An overview on the role of ZnTe as an efficient interface in CdTe thin film solar cells: a review

Perovskite and Polymeric Solar Cells: A Comparison of Advances and Key Challenges

Design and Implementation of Three-Layer Mesoporous Silica Coating for Tri-wavelength Broadband Antireflection by Block Copolymer Assisted Sol–Gel Method

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