ITO-free metallization for interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells

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Autoren

  • Johann Christoph Stang
  • Max Sebastian Hendrichs
  • Agnes Merkle
  • Robby Peibst
  • Bernd Stannowski
  • Lars Korte
  • Bernd Rech

Externe Organisationen

  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
  • Institut für Solarenergieforschung GmbH (ISFH)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)379-383
Seitenumfang5
FachzeitschriftEnergy Procedia
Jahrgang124
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 21 Sept. 2017
Extern publiziertJa
Veranstaltung7th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics, SiliconPV 2017 - Freiburg, Deutschland
Dauer: 3 Apr. 20175 Apr. 2017

Abstract

We report on two different approaches to fabricate interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells without using indium tin oxide (ITO). The standard ITO/Ag backend is either modified by replacing ITO with aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) or completely replaced by a sole aluminum (Al) layer. The very transparent AZO enhances the optical properties at the rear side resulting in an increase in short-circuit current density. The efficiency of the AZO cells remains on the level of the ITO ones, as the fill factor drops slightly. On the contrary, the contact resistivity of annealed Al, in comparison to ITO and AZO, to the emitter and BSF layers is much lower, thus the fill factor is increased. Despite lower open circuit voltages, cells with Al achieve efficiencies of up 22 %, a gain of 0.5 %abs compared to the ITO reference.

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ITO-free metallization for interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells. / Stang, Johann Christoph; Hendrichs, Max Sebastian; Merkle, Agnes et al.
in: Energy Procedia, Jahrgang 124, 21.09.2017, S. 379-383.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftKonferenzaufsatz in FachzeitschriftForschungPeer-Review

Stang, JC, Hendrichs, MS, Merkle, A, Peibst, R, Stannowski, B, Korte, L & Rech, B 2017, 'ITO-free metallization for interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells', Energy Procedia, Jg. 124, S. 379-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.253
Stang, J. C., Hendrichs, M. S., Merkle, A., Peibst, R., Stannowski, B., Korte, L., & Rech, B. (2017). ITO-free metallization for interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells. Energy Procedia, 124, 379-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.253
Stang JC, Hendrichs MS, Merkle A, Peibst R, Stannowski B, Korte L et al. ITO-free metallization for interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells. Energy Procedia. 2017 Sep 21;124:379-383. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.253
Stang, Johann Christoph ; Hendrichs, Max Sebastian ; Merkle, Agnes et al. / ITO-free metallization for interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells. in: Energy Procedia. 2017 ; Jahrgang 124. S. 379-383.
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