Flexible amorphous silicon solar cells on surface-textured glass-fabric reinforced composite films

  • Jin Wan Jeon
  • , Yun Ho Hong
  • , Jong San Im
  • , Sangil Park
  • , Yongmin Lee
  • , Jungho Jin
  • , Ji Hoon Ko
  • , Seungcheol Yang
  • , Byeong Soo Bae
  • , Koeng Su Lim

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Abstract

Flexible and lightweight amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) based thin-film solar cells on surface-textured glass-fabric reinforced inorganic-organic hybrid materials (hybrimer) composite films are developed in a superstrate configuration. The flexible and transparent film for the substrate was fabricated by impregnation and lamination of a woven glass-fabric with an epoxy-oligosiloxane based hybrimer on glass used as a temporary substrate. The epoxy hybrimer film showed high optical transparency of more than ∼90% for wavelengths above 500nm and light scattering property. In order to improve light trapping, the surface texture of the film was replicated from a master texture of Asahi U-type glass by nanoimprint lithography. The fabricated cell was a single junction structure of ZnO:Al/p-μc-Si:H/p-a-SiC:H/i-a-Si:H/n-μc-Si: H/Al on the flexible film, and the thickness of i layer is ∼300 nm. The flexible a-Si:H solar cell on surface-textured expoxy hybrimer film showed an conversion efficiency of 6.4%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgram - 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Pages626-629
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: 19 Jun 201124 Jun 2011

Publication series

NameConference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)0160-8371

Conference

Conference37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period19/06/1124/06/11

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