Potential of amorphous silicon for solar cells

B Rech, H Wagner - Applied physics A, 1999‏ - Springer
This paper reviews recent developments in the field of amorphous-silicon-based thin-film
solar cells and discusses potentials for further improvements. Creative efforts in materials …

TCO and light trap** in silicon thin film solar cells

J Müller, B Rech, J Springer, M Vanecek - Solar energy, 2004‏ - Elsevier
For thin film silicon solar cells and modules incorporating amorphous (a-Si: H) or
microcrystalline (μc-Si: H) silicon as absorber materials, light trap**, ie increasing the path …

Light trap** in ultrathin plasmonic solar cells

VE Ferry, MA Verschuuren, HBT Li, E Verhagen… - Optics express, 2010‏ - opg.optica.org
We report on the design, fabrication, and measurement of ultrathin film a-Si: H solar cells
with nanostructured plasmonic back contacts, which demonstrate enhanced short circuit …

Texture etched ZnO: Al coated glass substrates for silicon based thin film solar cells

O Kluth, B Rech, L Houben, S Wieder, G Schöpe… - Thin solid films, 1999‏ - Elsevier
ZnO: Al films were rf-and dc-magnetron sputtered on glass substrates from ceramic (ZnO:
Al2O3) and metallic (Zn: Al) targets, respectively. The initially smooth films exhibit high …

Recent developments of silicon thin film solar cells on glass substrates

C Beneking, B Rech, S Wieder, O Kluth, H Wagner… - Thin Solid Films, 1999‏ - Elsevier
Among various semiconductor technologies applied in photovoltaics, thin-film technologies
offer several attractive features, both technically and economically. Recent developments of …

Improved red-response in thin film a-Si: H solar cells with soft-imprinted plasmonic back reflectors

VE Ferry, MA Verschuuren, HBT Li, REI Schropp… - Applied physics …, 2009‏ - pubs.aip.org
The impact of controlled nanopatterning on the Ag back contact of an nip a-Si: H solar cell
was investigated experimentally and through electromagnetic simulation. Compared to a …

Transparent conducting oxide films for thin film silicon photovoltaics

W Beyer, J Hüpkes, H Stiebig - Thin solid films, 2007‏ - Elsevier
The requirements for applications of transparent conducting oxide (TCO) films in thin film
silicon solar cells are reviewed with a focus on sputtered Al doped zinc oxide and fluorine …

Optimization-based design of surface textures for thin-film Si solar cells

X Sheng, SG Johnson, J Michel, LC Kimerling - Optics express, 2011‏ - opg.optica.org
We numerically investigate the light-absorption behavior of thin-film silicon for normal-
incident light, using surface textures to enhance absorption. We consider a variety of texture …

Enhancement of light trap** in thin-film hydrogenated microcrystalline Si solar cells using back reflectors with self-ordered dimple pattern

H Sai, H Fujiwara, M Kondo, Y Kanamori - Applied Physics Letters, 2008‏ - pubs.aip.org
In this article, the light-trap** effect of textured back surface reflectors in thin-film Si solar
cells is investigated. A unique substrate with a periodic dimple pattern has been developed …

Improved three-dimensional optical model for thin-film silicon solar cells

J Springer, A Poruba, M Vanecek - Journal of applied physics, 2004‏ - pubs.aip.org
We present an optical model for thin-film silicon solar cells (both single and multijunction)
with nanorough surfaces/interfaces. For these cells, the optical absorptance within each …