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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
卷 236, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111493
关键词
Silicon heterojunction; Thin transparent conductive oxide; Optoelectrical analysis; Bifacial; IR reflector; Power loss
资金
- German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany (BMWi) [0324293B, 0324189C]
Silicon heterojunction technology shows promising potential for solar cells, but the current loss related to the front and rear contacts remains a limiting factor. By using dielectric layers to reduce the thickness of the transparent conductive oxide (TCO), parasitic absorption and material consumption can be diminished, but resistive losses also increase. Experimental bifacial cells with 20 nm TCO perform similarly to reference cells with 75 nm, and a screen printing metallization method enhances the current density without compromising resistive losses. This approach has resulted in a certified champion cell with an efficiency of 24.6%.
Silicon Heterojunction has become a promising technology to substitute passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) solar cells in pursuance of lower levelized cost of electricity through high efficiency devices. While high open circuit voltages and fill factors are reached, current loss related to the front and rear contacts, such as the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers is still a limiting factor to come closer to the efficiency limit of silicon based solar cells. Furthermore, reducing indium consumption for the TCO has become mandatory to push silicon heterojunction technology towards a terawatt scale production due to material scarcity and costs. To address these issues dielectric layers, such as silicon dioxide or nitride cappings are implemented to reduce TCO thicknesses both diminishing parasitic absorption and material consumption. However, reducing the TCO thickness comes in cost of resistive losses. Furthermore, the TCO properties do vary with thickness and neighboring layer configuration altering the optimization frame of the device. In this paper we present a detailed analysis to quantify the optoelectrical losses trade-off associated to the TCO thickness reduction in such layer stacks. Through the analysis we show and explain why experimental bifacial cells with 20 nm front and rear TCO perform at a similar level to reference cells with 75 nm under front and rear illumination reaching efficiency close to 24% at 92% bifaciality. We present as well a simple interconnection method via screen printing metallization to implement a thin TCO/silicon dioxide/silver reflector enhancing current density from 39.6 to 40.4 mA/cm2 without compromising resistive losses resulting in a 0.2% absolute solar cell efficiency increase from a bifacial design (23.5-23.7%). Finally, following this approach we present a certified champion cell with an efficiency of 24.6%.
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