학술논문

SiOx patterned based substrates implemented in Cu(In, Ga)Se2 ultrathin solar cells: optimum thickness
Document Type
Conference
Source
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2021 IEEE 48th. :0928-0930 Jun, 2021
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Photovoltaic systems
Performance evaluation
Photovoltaic cells
Conferences
Optoelectronic devices
Power conversion
Substrates
Cu(In
Ga)Se2
SiOx
Rear Passivation Strategy
Language
Abstract
Interface recombination in sub-µm optoelectronic devices has a major harmful impact in devices performance, showing the need for tailored passivation strategies in order to reach a technological boost. In this work, SiOx based substrates were developed and integrated in ultrathin CIGS solar cells. This study aims at understanding the impact of several SiOx layer thicknesses (3, 8 and 25 nm) when this material is used as a passivation layer. Analysing their electrical parameters, the 8 nm novel SiOx based substrates achieved light to power conversion efficiency values up to 13.2%, a 1.3% absolute improvement over the conventional substrate (without SiOx).