Facing the challenge of liquid phase crystallizing silicon on textured glass substrates

Grit Köppel, Daniel Amkreutz, Paul Sonntag, Guangtao Yang, Rene Van Swaaij, Olindo Isabella, Miro Zeman

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Abstract

A major limitation in current liquid phase crystallized (LPC) silicon thin-film record solar cells are optical losses caused by their planar glass-silicon interface. In this study, silicon is grown on nanoimprinted periodically as well as on randomly textured glass substrates and successfully implemented into state-of-the-art LPC silicon thin-film solar cell stacks. By systematically varying every layer the whole sample stack is optimized regarding its anti-reflection ability. Compared to an optimized planar reference device, a reduction of reflection losses by -3.5% (absolute) on the random and by -9.4% (absolute) on the periodic texture has been achieved in the wavelength range of interest.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherIEEE
Pages672-677
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5090-2724-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventPVSC 2016: 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - Portland, OR, United States
Duration: 5 Jun 201610 Jun 2016
Conference number: 43
http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC44/

Conference

ConferencePVSC 2016
Abbreviated titlePVSC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland, OR
Period5/06/1610/06/16
Internet address

Keywords

  • absorption enhancement
  • light management
  • silicon
  • thin-film solar cells

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