Free-standing ultrathin silicon wafers and solar cells through edges reinforcement

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 3843
• Main Authors: Wu, Taojian, Liu, Zhaolang, Lin, Hao, Gao, Pingqi, Shen, Wenzhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.05.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 147/135; 639/4077/909/4101/4096/946; 639/766/119/1000; Brittleness; Efficiency; Fabrication; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lightweight; Manufacturing industry; Market potential; Mechanical properties; multidisciplinary; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaics; Rigidity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Silicon; Silicon wafers; Solar cells; Wafers; Weight reduction

Crystalline silicon solar cells with regular rigidity characteristics dominate the photovoltaic market, while lightweight and flexible thin crystalline silicon solar cells with significant market potential have not yet been widely developed. This is mainly caused by the brittleness of silicon wafers...