Technological status of plasma-deposited thin-film silicon photovoltaics

Shah, A.; Moulin, Etienne; Ballif, Christophe

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2013.09.001

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“…1.12 eV [ Shah et al, 2013]. In order to mitigate the degradation of the a-Si:H top cell due to the SWE effect, it needs to be as thin as possible, typically 0.2-0.3 µm.…”

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Study of degradation and evaluation of model parameters of micromorph silicon photovoltaic modules under outdoor long term exposure in Jaén, Spain

Kichou

Abaslioglu

Silvestre

et al. 2016

Energy Conversion and Management

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The analysis of the degradation of tandem amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and microcrystalline silicon ( -Si:H): Micromorph thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) modules and its impact on the output power of a PV array under outdoor long term exposure located in Jaén (Spain) is addressed in this work. Furthermore, the evolution of main solar cell model parameters is evaluated by means of parameters extraction techniques from monitored data of the PV system in real operation of work. The degradation rate and the stabilization period of micromorph TFPV modules, as well as the results of the evolution of each of the solar cell model parameters along the outdoor long-term exposure are analysed in order to gain a better understanding of changes in performance of micromorph TFPV modules and the behaviour of the output power of the PV generator.

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“…1.12 eV [ Shah et al, 2013]. In order to mitigate the degradation of the a-Si:H top cell due to the SWE effect, it needs to be as thin as possible, typically 0.2-0.3 µm.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Study of degradation and evaluation of model parameters of micromorph silicon photovoltaic modules under outdoor long term exposure in Jaén, Spain

Kichou

Abaslioglu

Silvestre

et al. 2016

Energy Conversion and Management

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“…Since the report of the first device grade nc-Si:H (Meier et al, 1994), significant progress has been made in our understanding of nc-Si:H that has resulted in further improvement of material quality (Guha et al, 2013;Shah et al, 2013). The incorporation of this material in multi-junction structure has resulted in achieving initial active-area cell efficiency of 16.3% .…”

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confidence: 99%

Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

Guha¹

2016

Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering

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“…However, further cost reductions will require less material and energy consumption in the production process. On the other hand, thin-film silicon based solar cells are produced with less material and energy consumption, but the efficiencies are still limited to 12% to 13.4% for laboratory-scale solar cells [6], [7], despite intensive research and development in this field over the past several decades. Thin-film deposition technology has some vital advantages over wafer-based manufacturing: silicon layers as well as contact and passivation layers can be deposited uniformly over several square meter areas, for example, 5.72 m 2 in an Applied Materials Sunfab production line [6].…”

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PECVD Intermediate and Absorber Layers Applied in Liquid-Phase Crystallized Silicon Solar Cells on Glass Substrates

Gabriel

Frijnts²,

Calnan

et al. 2014

IEEE J. Photovoltaics

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Liquid-phase crystallized silicon absorber layers have been applied in heterojunction solar cells on glass substrates with 10.8% conversion efficiency and an open-circuit voltage of 600 mV. Intermediate layers of SiO x , SiN x , and SiO x N y , as well as the a-Si:H precursor layer, were deposited on 30 cm × 30 cm glass substrates using industrial-type plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition equipment. After crystallization on 3 cm × 5 cm area using a continuous-wave infrared laser line, the resulting polysilicon material showed high material quality with large grain sizes. Index Terms-Heterojunction, liquid-phase crystallization, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), thin-film silicon.

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Technological status of plasma-deposited thin-film silicon photovoltaics

Cited by 33 publications

References 31 publications

Study of degradation and evaluation of model parameters of micromorph silicon photovoltaic modules under outdoor long term exposure in Jaén, Spain

Study of degradation and evaluation of model parameters of micromorph silicon photovoltaic modules under outdoor long term exposure in Jaén, Spain

Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

PECVD Intermediate and Absorber Layers Applied in Liquid-Phase Crystallized Silicon Solar Cells on Glass Substrates

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