DOAJ Open Access 2011

Three-Terminal Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

Cheng-Hung Tai Chu-Hsuan Lin Chih-Ming Wang Chun-Chieh Lin

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Many defects exist within amorphous silicon since it is not crystalline. This provides recombination centers, thus reducing the efficiency of a typical a-Si solar cell. A new structure is presented in this paper: a three-terminal a-Si solar cell. The new back-to-back p-i-n/n-i-p structure increased the average electric field in a solar cell. A typical a-Si p-i-n solar cell was also simulated for comparison using the same thickness and material parameters. The 0.28 μm-thick three-terminal a-Si solar cell achieved an efficiency of 11.4%, while the efficiency of a typical a-Si p-i-n solar cell was 9.0%. Furthermore, an efficiency of 11.7% was achieved by thickness optimization of the three-terminal solar cell.

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Renewable energy sources

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Cheng-Hung Tai

Chu-Hsuan Lin

Chih-Ming Wang

Chun-Chieh Lin

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Tai, C., Lin, C., Wang, C., Lin, C. (2011). Three-Terminal Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/813093

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Tahun Terbit: 2011
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.1155/2011/813093
Akses: Open Access ✓