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Symmetry and Dopant Diffusion in Inverted Nanopyramid Arrays for Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Symmetry and Dopant Diffusion in Inverted Nanopyramid Arrays for Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells./
Author:	Han, Seok Jun.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	122 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-04, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-04B.
Subject:	Engineering. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13858200
ISBN:	9781085779609

Symmetry and Dopant Diffusion in Inverted Nanopyramid Arrays for Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells.
Han, Seok Jun.

Symmetry and Dopant Diffusion in Inverted Nanopyramid Arrays for Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 122 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-04, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2019.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

In this dissertation, we enhance the efficiency of thin flexible monocrystalline silicon solar cells by breaking symmetry in light trapping nanostructures and improving homogeneity in dopant concentration profile. These thin cells are potentially less expensive than conventional thick silicon cells by using less silicon material and making the cells more convenient to be handled when supported on polymer films. Moreover, these cells are widely applicable due to their flexibility and lightweight. However, for high efficiencies, these cells require effective light trapping and charge collection. We achieve these in cells based on 14-μm-thick free-standing silicon films with light-trapping arrays of nanopyramidal dips fabricated by wet etching.We break the symmetry of nanopyramids by etch mask design and its rotation with respect to a crystallographic direction in silicon substrate. This approach eliminates the need for using expensive off-cut silicon wafers. We also make use of low-cost, manufacturable, wet etching steps to fabricate the nanopyramidal dips. In our experiment, the new symmetry-breaking approach enhances the cell efficiency by 1.1%.In light-trapping nanostructures, the texture size is comparable to or smaller than the characteristic diffusion length of a dopant. In this size regime, strong inhomogeneity in the dopant concentration often develops in the pn-junction of the cells. The strong inhomogeneity creates electrically inactive regions in the texture. We improve the homogeneity by diffusing a dopant through selective surface regions exposed by wet etch masks. Our experiments demonstrate that this dopant diffusion method enhances the cell efficiency by 0.8%. This method would be generally applicable for other micro/nano structures, semiconductor materials, and optoelectronic devices.

ISBN: 9781085779609Subjects--Topical Terms:

586835
Engineering.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Crystalline silicon solar cells

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