Recent advances in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on glass at UNSW

被引:6
作者
Aberle, AG [1 ]
Widenborg, PI [1 ]
Song, D [1 ]
Straub, A [1 ]
Terry, ML [1 ]
Walsh, T [1 ]
Sproul, A [1 ]
Campbell, P [1 ]
Inns, D [1 ]
Beilby, B [1 ]
Griffin, M [1 ]
Weber, J [1 ]
Huang, Y [1 ]
Kunz, O [1 ]
Gebs, R [1 ]
Martin-Brune, F [1 ]
Barroux, V [1 ]
Wenham, SR [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ New S Wales, Ctr Excellence Adv Silicon Photovoltaics & Photon, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
来源
CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE THIRTY-FIRST IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE - 2005 | 2005年
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10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488272
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
Polycrystalline Si (pc-Si) thin-film solar cells on glass are a very promising approach for lowering the cost of photovoltaic solar electricity. This paper reports on the status of three distinctly different pc-Si thin-film solar cells on glass under development at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The cells are termed EVA, ALICE and ALICIA, are less than 3 microns thick, and are made by vacuum evaporation, a fast and inexpensive Si deposition method. EVA cells are made on non-seeded glass, whereas ALICE and ALICIA are both made on a thin large-grained pc-Si seed layer formed on glass by metal-induced crystallisation. All three solar cells seem to be capable of voltages of over 500 mV and, owing to their potentially inexpensive and scalable fabrication process, have significant industrial appeal.
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页码:877 / 882
页数:6
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