Silicon nitride and intrinsic amorphous silicon double antireflection coatings for thin-film solar cells on foreign substrates

Li D, Kunz T, Wolf N, Liebig JP, Wittmann S, Ahmad T, Hessmann MT, Auer R, Göken M, Brabec C (2015)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Thin Solid Films Elsevier

Publisher: Elsevier

Book Volume: 583

Pages Range: 25-33

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.03.051

Abstract

Hydrogenated intrinsic amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) was investigated as a surface passivationmethod for crystalline silicon thin film solar cells on graphite substrates. The results of the experiments, including quantumefficiency and current density-voltage measurements, show improvements in cell performance. This improvement is due to surface passivation by an a-Si:H(i) layer, which increases the open circuit voltage and the fill factor. In comparison with our previous work, we have achieved an increase of 0.6% absolute cell efficiency for a 40 μm thick 4 cm2 aperture area on the graphite substrate. The optical properties of the SiNx/a-Si:H(i) stack were studied using spectroscopic ellipsometer techniques. Scanning transmission electron microscopy inside a scanning electron microscope was applied to characterize the cross section of the SiNx/a-Si:H(i) stack using focus ion beam preparation.

Authors with CRIS profile

Jan Philipp Liebig Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Allgemeine Werkstoffeigenschaften) Mathias Göken Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Allgemeine Werkstoffeigenschaften) Christoph Brabec Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET)

Additional Organisation(s)

Graduiertenkolleg 1896/2 In situ Mikroskopie mit Elektronen, Röntgenstrahlen und Rastersonden Exzellenz-Cluster Engineering of Advanced Materials Interdisziplinäres Zentrum, Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Allgemeine Werkstoffeigenschaften)

Involved external institutions

Bayerisches Zentrum für Angewandte Energieforschung e.V. (ZAE Bayern) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Li, D., Kunz, T., Wolf, N., Liebig, J.P., Wittmann, S., Ahmad, T.,... Brabec, C. (2015). Silicon nitride and intrinsic amorphous silicon double antireflection coatings for thin-film solar cells on foreign substrates. Thin Solid Films, 583(1), 25-33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2015.03.051

MLA:

Li, Da, et al. "Silicon nitride and intrinsic amorphous silicon double antireflection coatings for thin-film solar cells on foreign substrates." Thin Solid Films 583.1 (2015): 25-33.

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