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Advanced nanostructured materials for pushing light trapping towards the Yablonovitch limit
Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Corsin Battaglia, Jordi Escarre Palou, Matthieu Despeisse, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Stefaan De Wolf, Sylvain Nicolay, Grégory Bugnon, Loris Barraud, Laura Ding, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Karin Söderström, Gaetano Parascandolo, Peter Cuony, Fanny Sculati-Meillaud, Simon Hänni, Adrian Billet, Mathieu Charrière, Nils Linus Löfgren
2011
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2011
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Abstract
We give an overview on recent progress in the synthesis, fabrication and integration of advanced nanostructured materials for efficient light trapping in high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells.
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Thin-film solar cell
Thin-film solar cells are made by depositing one or more thin layers (thin films or TFs) of photovoltaic material onto a substrate, such as glass, plastic or metal. Thin-film solar cells are typically a few nanometers (nm) to a few microns (μm) thick–much thinner than the wafers used in conventional crystalline silicon (c-Si) based solar cells, which can be up to 200 μm thick. Thin-film solar cells are commercially used in several technologies, including cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), and amorphous thin-film silicon (a-Si, TF-Si).
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A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical phenomenon. It is a form of photoelectric cell, defined as a device whose electrical characteristics, such as current, voltage, or resistance, vary when exposed to light. Individual solar cell devices are often the electrical building blocks of photovoltaic modules, known colloquially as solar panels.
Crystalline silicon
Crystalline silicon or (c-Si) Is the crystalline forms of silicon, either polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si, consisting of small crystals), or monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si, a continuous crystal). Crystalline silicon is the dominant semiconducting material used in photovoltaic technology for the production of solar cells. These cells are assembled into solar panels as part of a photovoltaic system to generate solar power from sunlight. In electronics, crystalline silicon is typically the monocrystalline form of silicon, and is used for producing microchips.
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