Novel concept for laser patterning of thin film solar cells
duction of solar cells and solar modules. Particular interest exists in thin-film pho-tovoltaics, where laser structuring is aimed to realize appropriate monolithic serial interconnection. a novel concept successfully demonstrated complete laser structuring by application of short nano-second laser pulses with a single, visible wavelength.
Optical design of ultra-thin GaAs solar cells based on
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Design and analysis of an ultraâ thin crystalline silicon
Seeking ways to design and fabricate solar cells using 100 μm thicker silicon substrates is the subject of intense research efforts among the photovoltaic (PV) community. The aim is to
Intrinsic radiation tolerance of ultra-thin GaAs solar cells
Here, we design and demonstrate complex GBBRs for specific metamorphic solar cell applications. We design buffers that provide (1) high reflectivity over a narrow bandwidth, for quantum well solar
Nano-Photonic Structures for Light Trapping in Ultra
Thick wafer-silicon is the dominant solar cell technology. It is of great interest to develop ultra-thin solar cells that can reduce materials usage, but still achieve acceptable performance and high solar absorption. Accordingly, we developed
Design and analysis of an efficient crystalline silicon-based thin
The thickness of thin-film solar cells is several nanometers to 10 μ m, much smaller than the conventional first-generation crystalline silicon (cSi) solar cells [11], [40]. cSi-based thin-film solar cells are a promising option for designing efficient and low-cost PV
Design and analysis of an ultra‐thin crystalline silicon
18.9% efficiencies for SiGe-based solar cells developed on silicon. Similarly, solar cells fabricated on thinner silicon substrates have also been reported that offer exciting potential for fabricating the efficient and cost-effective thin-film silicon solar cells [17]. Spitzer et al. [18] forecasted the theoretical efficiency of 27% on a 15 µm
Design and analysis of III-V two-dimensional van der Waals
For example, single-junction GaAs solar cells hit an efficiency as high as 29.1% under the terrestrial AM1.5G sun spectrum [7], [8], which is pretty close to the Shockley-Queisser (SQ) limit for silicon solar cells of 33.5% [8]. Thus, the group III-V compounds could be the most promising alternative materials for silicon-based solar cells.
Design of an ultra-thin silicon solar cell using Localized Surface
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Design of an ultra-thin silicon solar cell using Localized Surface Plasmonic effects of embedded paired nanoparticles" by Abolfazl Jangjoy et al. This paper presents a concept to significantly improve the photocurrent of ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells using plasmonic hemispherical dielectric
(PDF) Light trapping in solar cells: simple design rules
Our design rule thus meets all relevant aspects of light-trapping for solar cells, clearing the way for simple, practical, and yet outstanding diffractive structures, with a potential impact
Design and fabrication of nanostructures for light-trapping in ultra
Reducing the absorber thickness is an attractive solution to decrease the production cost of solar cells. Furthermore, it allows to reduce the amount of material needed and improve the current collection in the cell. This thesis has been focused on the design of nanostructures to enhance light absorption in very small semiconductor volumes in order to achieve efficient ultra-thin
Design and analysis of an ultra-thin
Here, the authors studied a silicon–germanium (Si 1−x Ge x) absorber layer for the design and simulation of an ultra-thin crystalline silicon solar cell using Silvaco technology
Development of ultra-thin doped poly-Si via LPCVD and ex-situ
Passivated contacts produce very high power conversion efficiencies for single-junction mono-crystalline silicon (mono-Si) wafer solar cells [[1], [2], [3]].The use of amorphous silicon (a-Si) or polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) with interfacial oxides (iO x) are two widely used approaches [4] spite delivering high efficiency, heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT)
Double grating high efficiency nanostructured silicon-based ultra-thin
In this paper, the cylindrical, conical and parabolic nanostructures inherited from self-organized anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) are applied to silicon-based ultra-thin solar cells aiming for a new design concept for low-cost, high-efficiency double-grating solar cells. Numerical results reveal that the optimal bottom metal grating can enhance the absorption capacity of ultra-thin solar
Numerical analysis of thin film Cu2InGaSe4 solar cells design
Numerical analysis of thin film Cu 2 InGaSe 4 solar cells design. Author order in the efficiency with the increasing various layers thicknesses of the devices could be correlated to structural concept of the CIGS like solar cells. According to the structural configuration CIGS like solar cells, the ZnO:Al window layer is the first contact
Optical design of ultra-thin GaAs solar cells based on
At present, the main candidate material for second-generation thin-film solar cells is crystalline silicon (c-Si) [6] and compound semiconductor thin-film solar cells. However, c-Si has a low absorption coefficient and to increase the light absorption of c-Si solar cells, it is necessary to thicken the c-Si layer, which can lead to higher material consumption and
FEM-BASED DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BACK-CONTACT PV MODULES WITH ULTRA-THIN
ABSTRACT: With the availability of ultra-thin back contact solar cells, the question arises if they can be integrated into PV modules. Particularly the single-side metallization and joint
Design of wave-optical structured substrates for ultra-thin
This solution is applied and optimized for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with distinct thicknesses of the perovskite absorber - the conventional (500 nm) and ultra-thin (300 nm) in view of enhanced flexibility - yielding photocurrent improvements up to 22.8% in superstrate cell configuration and 24.4% in substrate-type configuration; thereby coming relatively close to the
Schematic of the ultra-thin (100 nm) CIGS
The fabrication and optical characterization of ultra-thin a-Si:H solar cells with metallic gratings have validated the multi-resonant approach.Second, we have proposed a design with a two
Optical design of ultra-thin GaAs solar cells based on trapezoidal
This study analyzed the solar absorption characteristics of Trapezoidal Pyramid ultra-thin GaAs solar cells (GTCs) using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method.
Theoretical evidence of hot-ballistic-carriers in ultra-thin solar cell
The fabrication and optical characterization of ultra-thin a-Si:H solar cells with metallic gratings have validated the multi-resonant approach.Second, we have proposed a design with a two
Dual Interfacial Design Enables Efficient and Stable
As the single-junction solar cells are intrinsically constrained by the Shockley–Queisser (S–Q) radiative limit, there is a growing demand for alternative technological approaches to push the efficiencies of solar cells beyond the S–Q limit. Among various possibilities, the multi-junction concept is the simplest strategy and has become
Ultrathin perovskite solar cell based on Gires
The new solar cell concept was introduced in the study " Ultrathin perovskite solar cell based on Gires-Tournois resonator configuration with 27% theoretical efficiency," published in Solar
Ultra-thin bifacial CdTe solar cell
In this paper, we report on cells made with ultra-thin CdTe absorber layer (0.68 μm).Our previous work on ultra-thin solar cells [6] leads to 11.2% efficiency cells with a classical non-transparent Cu/Au back contact. Cell characterizations were completed using current density–voltage (J–V) measurements under one-sun illumination (AM 1.5 spectrum) and by
Enhancing the Efficiency of Ultra-thin Perovskite Solar Cell
Perovskite solar cells have emerged as a promising third-generation solar cell technology, characterized by high efficiency and low fabrication costs, garnering significant research attention in recent years. In this study, the impact of embedding the cluster of cubic plasmonic nanoparticles within the ultra-thin absorber layer of perovskite solar cells was
Numerical design of thin perovskite solar cell with fiber array
The photonic-enhanced ultra-thin solar cells designed here ultimately support the reduction of material usage in PSC technology, which is especially beneficial to mitigate lead usage, without
FEM-based development of novel back-contact PV modules with ultra-thin
ABSTRACT: With the availability of ultra-thin back contact solar cells, the question arises if they integrated can be into PV modules. Particularly the single-side metallization and joint architecture of back contact solar cells may cause critical stress. We develop a three-dimensional finite element model of a frameless 60-cell module with an
Monolithic, ultra-thin GaInP/GaAs/GaInAs tandem
Monolithic, ultra-thin GaInP/GaAs/GaInAs triple-bandgap tandem solar cells use this new approach, which involves inverted epitaxial growth, handle mounting, and parent substrate removal.
Progress and prospects for ultrathin solar cells
We refer to ultrathin solar cells as a 10-fold decrease in absorber thickness with respect to conventional solar cells, corresponding to thicknesses below 20 μm for c-Si and 400
Design of photonic light-trapping structures for ultra-thin solar cells
Ultra-thin (< 100 nm absorber thickness) GaAs cells are a promising avenue for the design of solar cells with increased radiation tolerance for space applications. To address the high transmission loss through such thin absorber layers, rigorous coupled-wave analysis and a semi-analytical waveguide model are used to investigate the effectiveness of silver/dielectric
All-back-contact ultra-thin silicon nanocone solar
Nanostructured Si solar cell with all-back-contact design. We achieved high efficiency from ultra-thin, nanostructured Si solar cells by designing an emitter layer at the back of the device rather
Nano-Photonic Structures for Light Trapping in Ultra-Thin
A similar diffractive structure has been proposed for thin c-Si solar cells [13,14,15] consisting of a periodic array of silicon nanocones both on the front and back of the structure combined with a perfect electrical conductor serving as a back reflector ch thin c-Si cells, with a thickness of just ~2 μm, are predicted to have absorption and photo-current near the Lambertian limit [16,17].
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