• DocumentCode
    3442432
  • Title

    Design and fabrication of transparent silicon solar cells for high efficiency

  • Author

    Kerestes, Christopher ; Creazzo, Timothy ; Barnett, Allen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7-12 June 2009
  • Abstract
    Transparent silicon solar cells can lead to increased energy conversion efficiency by enabling the collection and conversion of photons near and below the silicon band gap. This can be accomplished through the use of a low band gap solar cell in multiple junction systems. This analysis shows that the potential energy conversion efficiency gain for a one sun system is 7%. The design and fabrication of a silicon cell transparent to low energy, infrared (IR), light is presented.
  • Keywords
    annealing; elemental semiconductors; etching; photolithography; silicon; solar cells; transparency; Si; etching; high temperature annealing; photolithography; potential energy conversion efficiency gain; silicon band gap; transparent silicon solar cells; Absorption; Circuits; Energy conversion; Fabrication; Lattices; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Potential energy; Silicon; Sun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Philadelphia, PA
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2949-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0160-8371
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411328
  • Filename
    5411328
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3442432