Amorphous silicon solar cell
Abstract
Thin film solar cells, ∼1 μm thick, have been fabricated from amorphous silicon deposited from a glow discharge in silane. The cells were made in a p-i-n structure by using doping gases in the discharge. The best power conversion efficiency to date is 2.4% in AM-1 sunlight. The maximum efficiency of thin-film amorphous silicon solar cells is estimated to be ∼14-15%.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.88617
- Bibcode:
- 1976ApPhL..28..671C
- Keywords:
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- Amorphous Semiconductors;
- Amorphous Silicon;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Silicon Films;
- Solar Cells;
- Thin Films;
- Electromagnetic Absorption;
- Glow Discharges;
- Light Transmission;
- P-I-N Junctions;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Energy Production and Conversion;
- 84.60.Jt;
- 68.50.+j;
- Photoelectric conversion: solar cells and arrays