Thin film silicon modules on plastic superstrates |
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| Authors: | JK Rath Y Liu A Borreman EAG Hamers R Schlatmann GJ Jongerden REI Schropp |
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| Institution: | 1. Utrecht University, Faculty of Science, SID-Physics of Devices, P.O. Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Helianthos b.v., a Nuon Company, P.O. Box 9300, 6800 SB Arnhem, The Netherlands;1. Colorado Energy Research Institute, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA;2. National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA;3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA;4. Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this research is to fabricate high efficiency a-Si/μc-Si tandem solar cell modules on flexible (polymer) superstrates using the Helianthos concept. As a first step we began by depositing the top cell which contains an amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) i-layer of ～350 nm made by VHF PECVD at 50 MHz in a high vacuum multichamber system called ASTER, with hydrogen to silane gas flow ratio of 1:1. Such amorphous cells on-foil showed an initial active area (0.912 cm2) efficiency of 7.69% (Voc = 0.834 V, FF = 0.71). These cells were light soaked with white light at a controlled temperature of 50 °C. The efficiency degradation was predominantly due to degradation of FF that amounted to only 11% after 1000 h of light soaking. The cell-on-foil data prove that thin film silicon modules of high stability on cheap plastics can be made at a reasonable efficiency within 30 min of deposition time. A minimodule of 8 × 7.5 cm2 area (consisting of 8 cells interconnected in series) with the same single junction a-Si:H p–i–n structure had an initial efficiency of 6.7% (Voc = 6.32 V, FF = 0.65). |
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