Semi-Transparent Solar Cells and Modules on Inexpensive Plastic Substrates

We report on our recent progress on semitransparent amorphous silicon (a-Si:H)-based solar cells which were deposited on inexpensive plastic substrates at deposition temperature <150 degC. An efficiency of ~3% has been achieved with a transmission >40% on a large area, series connected panel....

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Published in2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conference Vol. 2; pp. 1517 - 1520
Main Authors Xiaolan Zhang, Saemann, M., Jian Hu, Kunrath, A., Berger, A., Madan, A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2006
Subjects
Anodes
Crystallization
Glass
Mass production
Photovoltaic cells
Plastics
Semiconductor films
Semiconductor thin films
Substrates
Temperature
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Summary:We report on our recent progress on semitransparent amorphous silicon (a-Si:H)-based solar cells which were deposited on inexpensive plastic substrates at deposition temperature <150 degC. An efficiency of ~3% has been achieved with a transmission >40% on a large area, series connected panel. We are in the process of developing laser scribing techniques and a reel-to-reel cassette cluster tool system for mass production which should result in a competitive product in the market of Building Integrated Photovoltaics
ISBN:1424400163
9781424400164
ISSN:0160-8371
DOI:10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279759