RECENT PROGRESS ON LARGE-AREA MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR-CELLS ATKYOCERA

Authors
WATANABE H SHIRASAWA K TAKAYAMA M OKADA K FUKUI K TAKAHASHI H INOMATA Y
Citation
H. Watanabe et al., RECENT PROGRESS ON LARGE-AREA MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR-CELLS ATKYOCERA, Optoelectronics, 9(4), 1994, pp. 499-510
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Optoelectronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09125434
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
499 - 510
Database
ISI
SICI code
0912-5434(1994)9:4<499:RPOLMS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Key technologies for improvement of multicrystalline silicon solar cel ls investigated at Kyocera are described in this paper. Main key techn ologies are (1) optimization of emitter structure, (2) reduction of su rface reflectance, (3) bulk and surface passivation, and (4) preparati on of electrode. Conversion efficiencies of 16.5% and 16.4% have been obtained for multicrystalline silicon solar cells with cell areas of 1 0 x 10 cm(2) and 15 x 15 cm(2), respectively, using substrates made by the casting method. Higher conversion efficiencies are expected to be obtained by further investigation of the above-mentioned key technolo gies.