The effect of encapsulation on the reflectance of photovoltaic modules using textured multicrystalline-silicon solar cells

Author

Gee, James M. ; Schubert, W. Kent ; Tardy, Herbert L. ; Hund, Thomas D. ; Robison, Gary

Author_Institution

Photovoltaic Syst. Components Dept., Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

1555

Abstract

Texturing multicrystalline-silicon solar cells is a promising technique for reducing reflectance losses. The authors investigated two methods for texturing multicrystalline-silicon solar cells: anisotropic chemical etch; and mechanical dicing saw. Their work emphasized reducing reflectance in the encapsulated module by using optical confinement in the module. They found that optical confinement in the module is very important in the optimization of texture geometries

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; encapsulation; etching; reflectivity; semiconductor device packaging; silicon; solar cell arrays; solar cells; surface texture; Si; anisotropic chemical etch; encapsulation; mechanical dicing saw; multicrystalline semiconductor; optical confinement; optimization; reflectance; texture geometries; textured solar cell modules; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Chemicals; Encapsulation; Etching; Geometrical optics; Optical losses; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Reflectivity; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520511

Filename

520511