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Stencil-Nanopatterned Back Reflectors for Thin-Film Amorphous Silicon n-i-p Solar Cells

Jürgen Brugger, Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Andreea Veronica Savu, Oscar Vazquez Mena, Mona Julia Katharina Klein, Céline Pahud

We fabricated amorphous silicon n-i-p solar cells with two types of nanopatterned back reflectors using stencil lithography. One reflector type has a plasmonic grating that is embedded in the ZnO layer; the other one has a metallic grating patterned on top ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2013

Plasmonic silicon solar cells: impact of material quality and geometry

Christophe Ballif, Hans Peter Herzig, Franz-Josef Haug, Ali Naqavi, Céline Pahud

We study n-i-p amorphous silicon solar cells with light-scattering nanoparticles in the back reflector. In one configuration, the particles are fully embedded in the zinc oxide buffer layer; In a second configuration, the particles are placed between the b ...

Optical Society of America2013

Stencil-nanopatterned back reflectors for thin-film amorphous silicon n-i-p solar cells

Jürgen Brugger, Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Andreea Veronica Savu, Oscar Vazquez Mena, Mona Julia Katharina Klein, Céline Pahud

We fabricated amorphous silicon n-i-p solar cells with two types of nanopatterned back reflectors using stencil lithography. One reflector type has a plasmonic grating that is embedded in the ZnO layer; the other one has a metallic grating patterned on top ...

Ieee2012

High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell on a Periodic Nanocone Back Reflector

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Corsin Battaglia, Céline Pahud

An amorphous silicon solar cell on a periodic nanocone back reflector with a high 9.7% initial conversion efficiency is presented. The optimized back-reflector morphology provides powerful light trapping and enables excellent electrical cell performance. U ...

2012

UV imprinting for thin film solar cell application

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Corsin Battaglia, Jordi Escarre Palou, Céline Pahud, Rémi Biron

UV imprinting is an interesting, low cost technique to produce large area thin film solar cells incorporating nanometric textures. Here, we review and present new results confirming that replicas of the most common textures used in photovoltaics can be obt ...

2012

Window layer with p doped silicon oxide for high V-oc thin-film silicon n-i-p solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Jordi Escarre Palou, Céline Pahud, Rémi Biron

We investigate the influence of the oxygen content in boron-doped nanocrystalline silicon oxide films (p-nc-SiOx) and introduce this material as window layer in n-i-p solar cells. The dependence of both, optical and electrical properties on the oxygen cont ...

American Institute of Physics2011

NANO-IMPRINT TECHNIQUE FOR BACK REFLECTOR IN HIGH EFFICIENCY N-I-P THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Jordi Escarre Palou, Karin Söderström, Céline Pahud, Rémi Biron

In this contribution, the replication of nano-textures enhancing the short circuit current of thin film silicon solar cells onto low cost substrates (glass or PolyEthylene Naphtalate (PEN)) is studied. Optical and morphological analysis is performed to ass ...

2010