• 제목/요약/키워드: Thin film photovoltaic cells

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New Generation Multijunction Solar Cells for Achieving High Efficiencies

  • Lee, Sunhwa;Park, Jinjoo;Kim, Youngkuk;Kim, Sangho;Iftiquar, S.M.;Yi, Junsin
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2018
  • Multijunction solar cells present a practical solution towards a better photovoltaic conversion for a wider spectral range. In this review, we compare different types of multi-ijunction solar cell. First, we introduce thin film multijunction solar cell include to the thin film silicon, III-V material and chalcopyrite material. Until now the maximum reported power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of solar cells having different component sub-cells are 14.0% (thin film silicon), 46% (III-V material), 4.4% (chalcopyrite material) respectively. We then discuss the development of multijunction solar cell in which c-Si is used as bottom sub-cell while III-V material, thin film silicon, chalcopyrite material or perovskite material is used as top sub-cells.

AZO 투명 전극 기반 반투명 실리콘 박막 태양전지 (AZO Transparent Electrodes for Semi-Transparent Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells)

  • 남지윤;조성진
    • 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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    • 제30권6호
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    • pp.401-405
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    • 2017
  • Because silicon thin film solar cells have a high absorption coefficient in visible light, they can absorb 90% of the solar spectrum in a $1-{\mu}m$-thick layer. Silicon thin film solar cells also have high transparency and are lightweight. Therefore, they can be used for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems. However, the contact electrode needs to be replaced for fabricating silicon thin film solar cells in BIPV systems, because most of the silicon thin film solar cells use metal electrodes that have a high reflectivity and low transmittance. In this study, we replace the conventional aluminum top electrode with a transparent aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) electrode, the band level of which matches well with that of the intrinsic layer of the silicon thin film solar cell and has high transmittance. We show that the AZO effectively replaces the top metal electrode and the bottom fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate without a noticeable degradation of the photovoltaic characteristics.

Thin Film Si-Ge/c-Si Tandem Junction Solar Cells with Optimum Upper Sub- Cell Structure

  • Park, Jinjoo
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.94-101
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    • 2020
  • This study was trying to focus on achieving high efficiency of multi junction solar cell with thin film silicon solar cells. The proposed thin film Si-Ge/c-Si tandem junction solar cell concept with a combination of low-cost thin-film silicon solar cell technology and high-efficiency c-Si cells in a monolithically stacked configuration. The tandem junction solar cells using amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe:H) as an absorption layer of upper sub-cell were simulated through ASA (Advanced Semiconductor Analysis) simulator for acquiring the optimum structure. Graded Ge composition - effect of Eg profiling and inserted buffer layer between absorption layer and doped layer showed the improved current density (Jsc) and conversion efficiency (η). 13.11% conversion efficiency of the tandem junction solar cell was observed, which is a result of showing the possibility of thin film Si-Ge/c-Si tandem junction solar cell.

VHF-PECVD를 이용한 다결정 실리콘 박막 증착 및 태양전지 제조 (Poly-Si Thin Film and Solar Cells by VHF-PECVD)

  • 이정철;정연식;김석기;윤경훈;송진수;박이준;권성원;임광수
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.2
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    • pp.995-998
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents the deposition of poly-Si thin-film and fabrication of a solar cell by VHF-PECVD method. The poly-Si thin films. and pin-type solar cells are fabricated using multi-chamber cluster tool system. A 7.4% conversion efficiency was achieved from poly-Si thin film solar cells with total thickness less than $5{\mu}m$. The physical characteristic was measured by Raman spectroscopy, solar cell characteristic was measured under AM1.5 illumination.

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60MHz PECVD법에 의한 ${\mu}c$-Si:H 박막의 저온증착 및 태양전지 응용 (Microcrystalline Silicon Thin-film(${\mu}c$-Si:H) and Solar Cells prepared at Low Temperature by 60MHz PECVD)

  • 이정철;정연식;김석기;윤경훈;송진수;박이준;권성원;임광수
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전기학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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    • pp.1595-1597
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents the deposition of ${\mu}c$-Si:H thin-film and fabrication of a solar cell by VHF-PECVD method. The ${\mu}c$-Si:H thin films and pin-type solar cells are fabricated using multi-chamber cluster tool system. A 7.4% conversion efficiency was achieved from ${\mu}c$-Si:H thin film solar cells with total thickness less than $5{\mu}m$. The physical characteristic was measured by Raman spectroscopy, Solar cell characteristic was measured under AM1.5 illumination.

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유연기판을 이용한 고효율 나노결정질 실리콘 박막 태양전지 제조 (Fabrication of Highly Efficient Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells Using Flexible Substrates)

  • 장은석;김솔지;이지은;안승규;박주형;조준식
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • 제2권3호
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2014
  • Highly efficient hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) thin-film solar cells were prepared on flexible stainless steel substrates using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. To enhance the performance of solar cells, material properties of back reflectors, n-doped seed layers and wide bandgap nc-SiC:H window layers were optimized. The light scattering efficiency of Ag back reflectors was improved by increasing the surface roughness of the films deposited at elevated substrate temperatures. Using the n-doped seed layers with high crystallinity, the initial crystal growth of intrinsic nc-Si:H absorber layers was improved, resulting in the elimination of the defect-dense amorphous regions at the n/i interfaces. The nc-SiC:H window layers with high bandgap over 2.2 eV were deposited under high hydrogen dilution conditions. The vertical current flow of the films was enhanced by the formation of Si nanocrystallites in the amorphous SiC:H matrix. Under optimized conditions, a high conversion efficiency of 9.13% ($V_{oc}=0.52$, $J_{sc}=25.45mA/cm^2$, FF = 0.69) was achieved for the flexible nc-Si:H thin-film solar cells.

Secondary Phase and Defects in Cu2ZnSnSe4 Solar Cells with Decreasing Absorber Layer Thickness

  • Kim, Young-Ill;Son, Dae-Ho;Lee, Jaebaek;Sung, Shi-Joon;Kang, Jin-Kyu;Kim, Dae-Hwan;Yang, Kee-Jeong
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.84-95
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    • 2021
  • The power conversion efficiency of Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) solar cells depends on the absorber layer thickness; however, changes in the characteristics of the cells with varying absorber layer thickness are unclear. In this study, we investigated the changes in the characteristics of CZTSe solar cells for varying absorber layer thickness. Five absorber thicknesses were employed: CZTSe1 2.78 ㎛, CZTSe2 1.01 ㎛, CZTSe3 0.55 ㎛, CZTSe4 0.29 ㎛, and CZTSe5 0.15-0.23 ㎛. The efficiency of the CZTSe solar cells decreased as the absorber thickness decreased, resulting in power conversion efficiencies of 10.45% (CZTSe1), 8.67% (CZTSe2), 7.14% (CZTSe3), 3.44% (CZTSe4), and 1.54% (CZTSe5). As the thickness of the CZTSe absorber layer decreased, the electron-hole recombination at the grain boundaries and the absorber-back-contact interface increased. This caused an increase in the current loss, owing to light loss in the long-wavelength region. In addition, as the thickness of the CZTSe absorber layer decreased, more ZnSe was produced, and the resulting defects and defect clusters led to an open-circuit voltage loss.

Electrical and Optical Characterizations of Metal/Semiconductor Contacts for Photovoltaic Applications

  • 김동욱
    • 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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    • pp.11.2-11.2
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    • 2010
  • Photovoltaic devices are promising candidates as affordable and large-area renewable energy sources, which can replace the fossil-fuel-based resources. Especially, thin film solar cells have attracted increasing research attention, since they have a great advantage of low production cost. From the physical point of view, the photovoltaic devices can provide us interesting questions, how to enhance the light absorption and the carrier collection efficiency. A lot of approaches would be possible to address these issues. We have focused on two major topics relevant to photovoltaic device physics; (1) light management using surface plasmons and (2) junction characterizations aiming at proper interface engineering. Regarding the first topic, we have investigated the influences of Ag under-layer morphology on optical properties of ZnO thin films. The experimental results suggested that coupling between the surface plasmon polaritons at the ZnO/Ag interface and excitons in ZnO should play important roles in reflectivity of the ZnO/Ag thin films, which are widely used back reflector structures in thin film solar cells. For the second topic, we have carried out scanning probe microscopy studies of Schottky junctions consisting of photovoltaic materials. Such a research is very helpful to understand the correlation between the defects (e.g., grain boundaries) and local electrical properties. We will introduce some of the recent experimental results and discuss the physical significance.

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P-I-N 역구조 페로브스카이트 태양전지 응용을 위한 Nickel oxide 홀전달층의 열처리 온도 연구 (Annealing Temperature of Nickel Oxide Hole Transport Layer for p-i-n Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells)

  • 김기성;김미정;김효정;양정엽
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • 제11권4호
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    • pp.103-107
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    • 2023
  • A Nickel oxide (NiOx) thin films were prepared via sol-gel process on a transparent conductive oxide glass substrate. The NiOx thin films were spin-coated in ambient air and subsequently annealed for 30 minutes at temperatures ranging from 150℃ to 450℃. The structural and optical characteristics of the NiOx thin films annealed at various temperatures were measured using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. After optimizing the NiOx coating conditions, perovskite solar cells were fabricated with p-i-n inverted structure, and its photovoltaic performance was evaluated. NiOx thin films annealed at 350℃ exhibited the most favorable characteristics as a hole transport layer, resulting in the highest power conversion efficiency of 17.88 % when fabricating inverted perovskite solar cells using this film.