Incorporation of a self-aligned selective emitter to realize highly efficient (12.8%) Si nanowire solar cells

作者: Han-Don Um , Kwang-Tae Park , Jin-Young Jung , Xiaopeng Li , Keya Zhou

DOI: 10.1039/C4NR00455H

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摘要: Formation of a selective emitter in crystalline silicon solar cells improves photovoltaic conversion efficiency by decoupling regions for light absorption (moderately doped) and metallization (degenerately doped). However, use nanowire (Si NW) is technologically challenging because difficulties forming robust Ohmic contacts that interface directly with the top-ends nanowires. Here we describe self-aligned successfully integrated into an antireflective Si NW cell. By one-step metal-assisted chemical etching, arrays formed only at light-absorbing areas between top-metal grids while selectively retaining contact underneath metal grids. We observed remarkable ∼40% enhancement blue responses internal quantum efficiency, corresponding to 12.8% comparison 8.05% conventional

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