Progress in solar cells from hydrogenated amorphous silicon

M Stuckelberger, R Biron, N Wyrsch, FJ Haug… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) has been used for decades—doped and as
intrinsic absorber layers—in thin-film silicon solar cells. Whereas their effiency was improved …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and remaining challenges in thin-film silicon photovoltaic technology

F Meillaud, M Boccard, G Bugnon, M Despeisse… - Materials today, 2015 - Elsevier
This contribution reviews some of the latest achievements and challenges in thin-film silicon
photovoltaic (PV) technology based on amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon and their …

Minimizing current and voltage losses to reach 25% efficient monolithic two-terminal perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells

KA Bush, S Manzoor, K Frohna, ZJ Yu… - ACS Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The rapid rise in efficiency and tunable bandgap of metal-halide perovskites makes them
highly attractive for use in tandems on silicon. Recently we demonstrated a perovskite …

Triple-junction thin-film silicon solar cell fabricated on periodically textured substrate with a stabilized efficiency of 13.6%

H Sai, T Matsui, T Koida, K Matsubara, M Kondo… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report a high-efficiency triple-junction thin-film silicon solar cell fabricated with the so-
called substrate configuration. It was verified whether the design criteria for develo** …

High-efficiency amorphous silicon solar cells: impact of deposition rate on metastability

T Matsui, A Bidiville, K Maejima, H Sai, T Koida… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) films, used for light absorbers of pin solar cells,
were deposited at various deposition rates (R d) ranging over two orders of magnitude (R …

Stabilized 14.0%-efficient triple-junction thin-film silicon solar cell

H Sai, T Matsui, K Matsubara - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We report on a high-efficiency triple-junction thin-film silicon solar cell fabricated using the
substrate configuration. An undoped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) solar cell …

High-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells realized by integrating stable a-Si: H absorbers into improved device design

T Matsui, K Maejima, A Bidiville, H Sai… - Japanese Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We report that thin-film silicon solar cells exhibiting high stabilized efficiencies can be
obtained by depositing hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) absorbers using triode …

Progress and limitations of thin-film silicon solar cells

T Matsui, H Sai, A Bidiville, HJ Hsu, K Matsubara - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The major issues of thin-film silicon solar cells have been the light-induced metastability of
hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) and the weak infrared light absorption of …

Nanoporous Silicon Dioxide Films for Large Area and Low-Cost Fabrication of Ultra-Low Refractive Index Coatings

H Wu, C Liu, Z Zhu, Y Shao, J Lin, J Wen… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultralow refractive index films can reduce the reflection loss of light propagating between
different media, which is crucial for enhancing the performance and efficiency of optical …

Amorphous silicon–germanium for triple and quadruple junction thin-film silicon based solar cells

JW Schuettauf, B Niesen, L Loefgren… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
We study amorphous silicon–germanium (a-SiGe: H) as intrinsic absorber material for thin-
film silicon-based triple and quadruple junction solar cells. First, we present the …