Fabrication and properties of the flexible a-Si:H solar cells on plastic films using roll-to-roll method

Author

Shinohara, Hisato ; Abe, Masayoshi ; Nishi, Kazuo ; Arai, Yasuyuki

Author_Institution

TDK Corp. R&D Center, Chiba, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

682

Abstract

Flexible a-Si:H solar cells were fabricated on plastic films using the roll-to-roll method. The films used in this study were 0.075 mm thick and 230 mm wide. These solar cells were fabricated in a sequential process. We studied the distribution of characteristics in the longitudinal direction of the film. A conversion efficiency of 8.02% was obtained under AM-1.5 100 mW/cm². Stability of the submodule was estimated, and we developed a new organic resin material. The submodule achieved high reliability at high temperature and humidity

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; polymer films; semiconductor device reliability; silicon; solar cells; 0.075 mm; 230 mm; 8.02 percent; Si:H; conversion efficiency; fabrication; flexible a-Si:H solar cells; high humidity; high reliability; high temperature; longitudinal direction characteristics; organic resin material; plastic films; roll-to-roll method; submodule stability; Costs; Electrodes; Fabrication; Glass; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmas; Plastic films; Production; Semiconductor lasers; Substrates;

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.1994.520053

Filename

520053