A review of thin-film crystalline silicon for solar cell applications. Part 2: Foreign substrates

One of the most promising ways to reduce the cost of photovoltaics is thin- film crystalline silicon solar cells. This paper, together with part 1, rev iews the current state of research in thin-film crystalline silicon solar c ells. Deposition on silicon, novel techniques which use a high-quality, reu sable silicon substrate and light trapping have been described in part 1 of this paper. This paper describes deposition on glass and ceramics and disc usses cell designs for thin-film crystalline silicon solar cells. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.