Title :
Crystalline silicon thin film solar cells on low cost substrates
Author :
Li, Xudong ; Li, Weigang ; Ji, Chengzhou ; Ma, Benkun ; Xu, Ying ; Li, Zhongming
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Low Energy Nucl. Phys., Beijing Normal Univ., China
Abstract :
Polycrystalline silicon thin film solar cells with the best efficiency of 6.36% and 4.5% have been fabricated on low cost SSP (silicon sheets from powder) substrates made from high purity and low purity silicon powder respectively. Characteristics of these substrates, processing conditions and the cells´ performance are discussed.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; grain size; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; 4.5 percent; 6.36 percent; Si; cell performance; efficiency; low cost substrates; processing conditions; purity; thin film solar cells; Costs; Crystallization; Etching; Photovoltaic cells; Plasma measurements; Powders; Scanning electron microscopy; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, 2001. Proceedings. 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6520-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2001.982142
