Performance of superstrate multijunction amorphous silicon-based solar cells using optical layers for current management

被引:7
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作者
Das, Chandan [1 ]
Doumit, Alain [1 ]
Finger, Friedhelm [1 ]
Gordijn, Aad [1 ]
Huepkes, Juergen [1 ]
Kirchhoff, Joachim [1 ]
Lambertz, Andreas [1 ]
Melle, Thomas [1 ]
Reetz, Wilfried [1 ]
机构
[1] Forschungszentrum Julich, D-52425 Julich, Germany
关键词
Index matching; Anti-reflection layer; Intermediate-reflector layer; Amorphous silicon; Multijunction;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2008.11.025
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The performance of multijunction amorphous silicon-based thin film solar cells has been reported using thin layers of TiO2 and SiOx acting as refractive index matching optical layers for different interfaces of the superstrate device structure. Improvement of short-circuit current from the sub-cells of a-Si/mu c-Si cells is demonstrated with TiO2 as anti-reflection layer at TCO/Si interface and SiOx as intermediate-reflector layer between two sub-cells. An initial efficiency of 11.8% is achieved by applying both the TiO2 and SiOx optical layers in a-Si/mu c-Si solar cell. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:973 / 975
页数:3
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