Surface Passivation Studies on n+pp+ Bifacial Solar Cell
Joint Authors
Sulaiman, M. Y.
Zaidi, Saleem H.
Sepeai, Suhaila
Sopian, Kamaruzzaman
Source
International Journal of Photoenergy
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Bifacial solar cell is a specially designed solar cell for the production of electricity from both sides of the solar cell.
It is an active field of research to make photovoltaics (PV) more competitive by increasing its efficiency and lowering its costs.
We developed an n+pp+ structure for the bifacial solar cell.
The fabrication used phosphorus-oxy-trichloride (POCl3) diffusion to form the emitter and Al diffusion using conventional screen printing to produce the back surface field (BSF).
The n+pp+ bifacial solar cell was a sandwiched structure of antireflective coatings on both sides, Argentum (Ag) as a front contact and Argentum/Aluminum (Ag/Al) as a back contact.
This paper reports the solar cell performance with different surface passivation or antireflecting coatings (ARC).
Silicon nitride (SiN) deposited by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), thermally grown silicon dioxide (SiO2), PECVD-SiO2, and SiO2/SiN stack were used as ARC.
The efficiency obtained for the best bifacial solar cell having SiN as the ARC is 8.32% for front surface illumination and 3.21% for back surface illumination.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sepeai, Suhaila& Sulaiman, M. Y.& Sopian, Kamaruzzaman& Zaidi, Saleem H.. 2012. Surface Passivation Studies on n+pp+ Bifacial Solar Cell. International Journal of Photoenergy،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sepeai, Suhaila…[et al.]. Surface Passivation Studies on n+pp+ Bifacial Solar Cell. International Journal of Photoenergy No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sepeai, Suhaila& Sulaiman, M. Y.& Sopian, Kamaruzzaman& Zaidi, Saleem H.. Surface Passivation Studies on n+pp+ Bifacial Solar Cell. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-459771