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http://dx.doi.org/10.21218/CPR.2017.5.4.113

Current Status of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells for High Efficiency  

Shin, Chonghoon (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
Lee, Youn-Jung (School of Electronic Electrical Engineering, College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Park, Jinjoo (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Sunbo (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
Park, Hyeongsik (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Sangho (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
Jung, Junhee (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
Yi, Junsin (Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Current Photovoltaic Research / v.5, no.4, 2017 , pp. 113-121 More about this Journal
Abstract
The researches on the silicon-based thin films are being actively carried out. The silicon-based thin films can be made as amorphous, microcrystalline and mixed phase and it is known that the optical bandgap can be controlled accordingly. They are suitable materials for the fabrication of single junction, tandem and triple junction solar cells. It can be used as a doping layer through the bonding of boron and phosphorus. The carbon and oxygen can bond with silicon to form a wide range of optical gap. Also, The optical gap of hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium can be lower than that of silicon. By controlling the optical gaps, it is possible to fabricate multi-junction thin film silicon solar cells with high efficiencies which can be promising photovoltaic devices.
Keywords
Amorphous silicon; Microcrystalline silicon; Intrinsic layer; Doping layer; Triple solar cells;
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