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Asymmetric intermediate reflector for tandem micromorph thin film silicon solar cells

Söderström, T
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Haug, F.-J  
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Niquille, X
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2009
Applied Physics Letters

The micromorph solar cell (stack of amorphous and microcrystalline cells) concept is the key for achieving high efficiency stabilized thin film silicon solar cells. We introduce a device structure that allows a better control of the light in-coupling into the two subcell components. It is based on an asymmetric intermediate reflector, which increases the effective thickness of the a-Si:H by a factor of more than three. Hence, the a- Si:H thickness reduction diminishes the light induced degradation, and micromorph tandem cells with 11.2% initial and 9.8% stabilized efficiencies (1000 h, 50 °C, and 100 mW/cm2) are made on plastic substrates with Tg<180 °C.

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research article
DOI
10.1063/1.3079414
Web of Science ID

WOS:000263409400106

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-60349127610

Author(s)
Söderström, T
Haug, F.-J  
Niquille, X
Terrazzoni, V  
Ballif, C  
Date Issued

2009

Publisher

AIP American Institute of Physics

Published in
Applied Physics Letters
Volume

94

Article Number

063501

Subjects

thin film silicon

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solar cells

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intermediate reflector

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micromorph

Note

IMT-NE Number: 494

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