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High-efficiency Large-area Nanocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells Using MVHF Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Xixiang Xu ,
Tining Su ,
Scott Ehlert ,
David Bobela ,
Dave Beglau ,
Ginger Pietka ,
Yang Li ,
Jinyan Zhang ,
Guozhen Yue  and
Baojie Yan
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Xixiang Xu
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Tining Su
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Scott Ehlert
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
David Bobela
Affiliation:
[email protected], National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, United States
Dave Beglau
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Ginger Pietka
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Yang Li
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Jinyan Zhang
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Guozhen Yue
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Baojie Yan
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Greg DeMaggio
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Chris Worrel
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Ken Lord
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Arindam Banerjee
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Jeff Yang
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
Subhendu Guha
Affiliation:
[email protected], United Solar Ovonic LLC, Troy, Michigan, United States
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Abstract

We present the progress made in attaining high-efficiency large-area nc-Si:H based multi-junction solar cells using Modified Very High Frequency technology. We focused our effort on improving the spatial uniformity and homogeneity of nc-Si:H film growth and cell performance. We also conducted both indoor and outdoor light soaking studies and achieved 11.2% stabilized efficiency on large-area (≥400 cm2) encapsulated a-Si:H/nc-Si:H/nc-Si:H triple-junction cells.

Keywords

amorphousphotovoltaicSi
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1245: Symposium A – Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology-2010 , 2010 , 1245-A02-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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