Current Photovoltaic Research
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.41-47
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- 2014
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- 2288-3274(pISSN)
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- 2508-125X(eISSN)
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Present Status and Prospects of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells
- Iftiquar, Sk Md (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
- Park, Jinjoo (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
- Shin, Jonghoon (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
- Jung, Junhee (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
- Bong, Sungjae (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
- Dao, Vinh Ai (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
- Yi, Junsin (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
- Received : 2014.04.07
- Accepted : 2014.06.05
- Published : 2014.06.30
Abstract
Extensive investigation on silicon based thin film reveals a wide range of film characteristics, from low optical gap to high optical gap, from amorphous to micro-crystalline silicon etc. Fabrication of single junction, tandem and triple junction solar cell with suitable materials, indicate that fabrication of solar cell of a relatively moderate efficiency is possible with a better light induced stability. Due to these investigations, various competing materials like wide band gap silicon carbide and silicon oxide, low band gap micro-crystalline silicon and silicon germanium etc were also prepared and applied to the solar cells. Such a multi-junction solar cell can be a technologically promising photo-voltaic device, as the external quantum efficiency of such a cell covers a wider spectral range.
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