19%-efficient and 43 μm-thick crystalline Si solar cell from layer transfer using porous silicon

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  • Jan Hendrik Petermann
  • Dimitri Zielke
  • Jan Schmidt
  • Felix Haase
  • Enrique Garralaga Rojas
  • Rolf Brendel

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  • Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH)
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalProgress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
Volume20
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 29 Dec 2011

Abstract

We present a both-sides-contacted thin-film crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell with a confirmed AM1.5 efficiency of 19.1% using the porous silicon layer transfer process. The aperture area of the cell is 3.98 cm 2. This is the highest efficiency ever reported for transferred Si cells. The efficiency improvement over the prior state of the art (16.9%) is achieved by implementing recent developments for Si wafer cells such as surface passivation with aluminum oxide and laser ablation for contacting. The cell has a short-circuit current density of 37.8 mA cm -2, an open-circuit voltage of 650 mV, and a fill factor of 77.6%.

Keywords

    crystalline Si, free standing, kerf-free, layer transfer, porous silicon, thin film

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19%-efficient and 43 μm-thick crystalline Si solar cell from layer transfer using porous silicon. / Petermann, Jan Hendrik; Zielke, Dimitri; Schmidt, Jan et al.
In: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Vol. 20, No. 1, 29.12.2011, p. 1-5.

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