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- 2023Parylene-Sealed Perovskite Nanocrystals Down-Shifting Layer for Luminescent Spectral Matching in Thin Film Photovoltaicscitations
- 2023Parylene-Sealed Perovskite Nanocrystals Down-Shifting Layer for Luminescent Spectral Matching in Thin Film Photovoltaicscitations
- 2020Photonic-structured TCO front contacts yielding optical and electrically enhanced thin-film solar cellscitations
- 2020Solution combustion synthesis of transparent conducting thin films for sustainable photovoltaic applicationscitations
- 2020Solution combustion synthesis of transparent conducting thin films for sustainable photovoltaic applicationscitations
- 2019Wave-optical front structures on silicon and perovskite thin-film solar cellscitations
- 2019Lightwave trapping in thin film solar cells with improved photonic-structured front contactscitations
- 2018Ultra-fast plasmonic back reflectors production for light trapping in thin Si solar cellscitations
- 2017Improved thermoelectric properties of nanocrystalline hydrogenated silicon thin films by post-deposition thermal annealingcitations
- 2016Influence of the Substrate on the Morphology of Self-Assembled Silver Nanoparticles by Rapid Thermal Annealingcitations
- 2015Nanocrystalline thin film silicon solar cells: A deeper look into p/i interface formationcitations
- 2015Hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films with promising thermoelectric propertiescitations
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Photonic-structured TCO front contacts yielding optical and electrically enhanced thin-film solar cells
Abstract
<p>Wavelength-structured transparent conductive oxide (TCO) electrodes are highly promising to improve both the optical and electrical performance of photovoltaic (PV) devices, due to wave-optical light-trapping (LT) effects and higher TCO volume without increasing optical losses. Herein we present a complete study of the benefits of microstructured IZO contacts applied on amorphous-silicon (a-Si) thin film solar cells. The IZO LT structures were integrated by an innovative colloidal lithography process on the front contact of the cells, resulting in enhancements of 26.7% in photocurrent, with respect to planar reference cells, when using an ultra-thin (30 nm) flat IZO layer between the LT structures and the a-Si absorber. However, the best efficiency enhancement (23.1%) was attained with an optimized thickness of 190 nm for this layer, due to a more favorable combination of optical and electrical gains. In view of the application of this LT strategy in flexible PV devices operating under bending, the angular response of the cells was studied for 0-90° incidence angles. This showed that the LT enhancements are generally higher at oblique incidence, reaching 53.2% and 52%, respectively in photocurrent and efficiency, at ± 70° angles with the optimized flat IZO thickness of 190 nm; and 52.2% in efficiency at ± 40° with the ultra-thin thickness of 30 nm. These results are among the highest gains reported thus far for LT-enhanced thin film solar cells.</p>