Three-Terminal Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
Joint Authors
Tai, Cheng-Hung
Lin, Chu-Hsuan
Lin, Chun-Chieh
Wang, Chih-Ming
Source
International Journal of Photoenergy
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-11-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Many defects exist within amorphous silicon since it is not crystalline.
This provides recombination centers, thus reducing the efficiency of a typical a-Si solar cell.
A new structure is presented in this paper: a three-terminal a-Si solar cell.
The new back-to-back p-i-n/n-i-p structure increased the average electric field in a solar cell.
A typical a-Si p-i-n solar cell was also simulated for comparison using the same thickness and material parameters.
The 0.28 μm-thick three-terminal a-Si solar cell achieved an efficiency of 11.4%, while the efficiency of a typical a-Si p-i-n solar cell was 9.0%.
Furthermore, an efficiency of 11.7% was achieved by thickness optimization of the three-terminal solar cell.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tai, Cheng-Hung& Lin, Chu-Hsuan& Wang, Chih-Ming& Lin, Chun-Chieh. 2011. Three-Terminal Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tai, Cheng-Hung…[et al.]. Three-Terminal Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tai, Cheng-Hung& Lin, Chu-Hsuan& Wang, Chih-Ming& Lin, Chun-Chieh. Three-Terminal Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-500082
