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Toward 20% Efficiency With a-Si // poly-Si Tandem Solar Cell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

M. Yoshimi ,
W. Ma ,
T. Horiuchi ,
C. C. Lim ,
S. C. De ,
K. Hattori ,
H. Okamoto  and
Y. Hamakawa
M. Yoshimi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
W. Ma
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
T. Horiuchi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
C. C. Lim
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
S. C. De
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
K. Hattori
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
H. Okamoto
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
Y. Hamakawa
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
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Abstract

A series of experimental investigations has been made on the a-Si // poly-Si tandem solar cell which is one of the most promised candidate of high cost-performance photovoltaic cell, e.g., high efficiency, low cost with almost no light induced degradation. Employing high conductivity with wide optical band gap p type microcrystalline SiC (μ-SiC) as a window material together with a-SiC as an interface buffer layer and also n type μc-Si as a back ohmic contact layer in the poly-Si based bottom cell, the conversion efficiency of 17.2 % has been obtained. Combining an optically transparent a-Si p-i-n cell as a top cell with an optical coupler between the top and the poly-Si bottom cell, a total efficiency of 20.3 % has been obtained so far on the four-terminal stacked mode structure. A systematic technical data for the optimization of cell structure variation on the developed tandem solar cells are presented and further possibility to improving the performance are discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 258: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology – 1992 , 1992 , 845
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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