Optimization of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells on Polymer Film Substrates
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In this paper the authors present the results of different investigations concerning the development of a-Si:H solar cells on plastic film substrates. More precisely, this paper will discuss a) the evaluation and test of different polymer films as a suitable material for a-Si:H solar cell deposition, b) the optimisation of inverted n-i-p solar cells, and c) texturation of the plastic films by O2 plasma etching for an enhanced light-trapping effect. These results were successfully implemented in solar cells of n-i-p deposition order on a polyimide film (PI/Ag/ZnO/n-i-p aSi:H/ITO). The following results were achieved: Voc = 906 mV, FF = 64%, Isc = 15.1mA/cm2.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000