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Simulation and characterization of performance of thin-film silicon solar cells with subwavelength nanoporous emitter profiles

  • Wen Jeng Ho
  • , Chia Min Chang
  • , Po Hung Tsai

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Abstract

Surface properties of a thin-film p-on-n silicon solar cell with a subwavelength nanoporous structure fabricated on an emitter layer by using metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) were investigated through an experiment and simulation. After 10-s MACE processing, the conversion efficiency increased by 43.09% (from 5.64% to 8.07%) was obtained, compared with a reference solar cell without MACE. The simulation result indicated that the surface recombination velocity was an exponential function of the etching time from 0 to 30 s, and showed close agreement with the experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2-7
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume354
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2015

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© 2015 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE)
  • Nanoporous
  • Subwavelength surface structure
  • Surface recombination
  • Thin-film solar cell

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