Simulation and experimental study of a novel bifacial structure of silicon heterojunction solar cell for high efficiency and low cost

A novel structure of Ag grid/SiN_x/n~+-c-Si/n-c-Si/i-a-Si:H/p~+-a-Si:H/TCO/Ag grid was designed to increase the efficiency of bifacial amorphous/crystalline silicon-based solar cells and reduce the rear material consumption and production cost. The simulation results show that the new structure obtains higher efficiency compared with the typical bifacial amorphous/crystalline silicon-based solar cell because of an increase in the short-circuit current(J_(sc)), while retaining the advantages of a high open-circuit voltage, low temperature coefficient, and good weak-light performance. Moreover,real cells composed of the novel structure with dimensions of 75 mm × 75 mm were fabricated by a special fabrication recipe based on industrial processes. Without parameter optimization, the cell efficiency reached 21.1% with the J_(sc) of 41.7 mA/cm~2. In addition, the novel structure attained 28.55% potential conversion efficiency under an illumination of AM 1.5 G, 100 mW/cm~2. We conclude that the configuration of the Ag grid/SiN_x/n~+-c-Si/n-c-Si/i-a-Si:H/p~+-a-Si:H/TCO/Ag grid is a promising structure for high efficiency and low cost.     

热丝CVD法沉积固态扩散源制备晶硅太阳电池p+/n+发射极研究

为进一步提高晶硅太阳能电池发射极的性能,本文提出了一种新的发射极制备技术-低温CVD法沉积固态薄膜扩散源并进行高温扩散.采用热丝化学气相沉积法(HWCVD)在单晶硅片上沉积重掺杂硅基薄膜作为固态扩散源,然后在空气氛围下的管式炉中进行高温扩散,最后用稀HF溶液去除表面的BSG/PSG.通过掺磷薄膜扩散在P型单晶硅片上制备了方阻在50～250 Ω/□范围内可控的n+型发射极;通过掺硼薄膜扩散在N型硅片上制备了方阻在150 ～600Ω/□□范围内可控的p+型发射极.并且通过在源气体中加入CO2作为氧源,实现了扩散后硅片表面残留扩散源层的彻底去除.