Texturing industrial multicrystalline silicon solar cells
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MacDonald, Daniel; Cuevas, Andres; Kerr, Mark; Samundsett, Christian; Ruby, D; Winderbaum, Saul; Leo, A
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Three potential techniques for texturing commercial multicrystalline silicon solar cells are compared on the basis of reflectance measurements. Wet acidic texturing, which would be the least costly to implement, produces a modest improvement in reflection before antireflection coating and encapsulation, whereas maskless reactive-ion etching texturing, and especially masked reactive-ion etched 'pyramids', generate a larger gain in absorption. After antireflection coating and encapsulation...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | MacDonald, Daniel | |
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dc.contributor.author | Cuevas, Andres | |
dc.contributor.author | Kerr, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Samundsett, Christian | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruby, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Winderbaum, Saul | |
dc.contributor.author | Leo, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-14T23:19:18Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-092X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/102838 | |
dc.description.abstract | Three potential techniques for texturing commercial multicrystalline silicon solar cells are compared on the basis of reflectance measurements. Wet acidic texturing, which would be the least costly to implement, produces a modest improvement in reflection before antireflection coating and encapsulation, whereas maskless reactive-ion etching texturing, and especially masked reactive-ion etched 'pyramids', generate a larger gain in absorption. After antireflection coating and encapsulation however, the differences between the methods are reduced. Short-circuit current measurements on wet acidic textured cells reveal that there is a significant additional current gain above that expected from the reduced reflection. This is attributed to both light-trapping and oblique coupling of incident light into the cell, resulting in generation closer to the junction. | |
dc.publisher | Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd | |
dc.source | Solar Energy | |
dc.subject | Keywords: multicrystalline silicon solar cells | |
dc.title | Texturing industrial multicrystalline silicon solar cells | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 76 | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 090699 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | MigratedxPub17638 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | MacDonald, Daniel, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Cuevas, Andres, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kerr, Mark, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Samundsett, Christian, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Ruby, D, Sandia Corporation | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Winderbaum, Saul, BP Solar | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Leo, A, BR Solar | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 277 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 283 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.solener.2003.08.019 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-06-14T08:37:18Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-0347659340 | |
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