High-efficiency microcrystalline silicon single-junction solar cells

• Published in: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications (ISSN: 1062-7995), vol. 21, num. 5, p. 821-826
• Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

This short communication highlights our latest results towards high-efficiency microcrystalline silicon single-junction solar cells. By combining adequate cell design with high-quality material, a new world record efficiency was achieved for single-junction microcrystalline silicon solar cell, with a conversion efficiency of 10.69%, independently confirmed at ISE CalLab PV Cells. Such significant conversion efficiency could be achieved with only 1.8 µm of Si.

Keywords: high efficiency ; solar cells ; microcrystalline ; nanocrystalline ; silicon ; thin-film

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IMT-NE Number : 693

Reference

• EPFL-ARTICLE-186732
• doi:10.1002/pip.2398
• View record in Web of Science
• URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pip.2398/full

Record created on 2013-05-27, modified on 2017-05-10