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@ARTICLE{Biron:152035,
author = {Biron, R. and Hänni, S. and Boccard, M. and Pahud, C. and
Söderström, K. and Duchamp, Martial and Dunin-Borkowski,
Rafal and Bugnon, G. and Ding, L. and Nicolay, S. and
Parascandolo, G. and Meillaud, F. and Despeisse, M. and
Haug, F. J. and Ballif, Chr.},
title = {{N}ew {P}rogress in the fabrication of n-i-p micromorph
solar cells for opaque substrates},
journal = {Solar energy materials $\&$ solar cells},
volume = {114},
issn = {1879-3398},
address = {Amsterdam},
publisher = {North Holland},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-01855},
pages = {147 - 155},
year = {2013},
abstract = {In this paper, we investigate tandem
amorphous/microcrystalline silicon solar cells with
asymmetric intermediate reflectors grown in the n–i–p
substrate configuration. We compare different types of
substrates with respect to their light-trapping properties
as well as their influence on the growth of single-junction
microcrystalline cells. Our most promising back reflector
combines a textured zinc oxide film grown by low-pressure
chemical vapor deposition, a silver film for reflection, and
a zinc oxide buffer layer. Grown on this substrate,
microcrystalline cells exhibit excellent response in the
infrared while keeping high open-circuit voltage and fill
factor, leading to efficiencies of up to $10.0\%.$ After
optimizing the morphology of the asymmetric intermediate
reflector, we achieve an n–i–p micromorph solar cell
stabilized efficiency of $11.6\%,$ using 270 nm and 1.7 μm
of silicon for the absorber layer of the amorphous top cell
and the microcrystalline bottom cell, respectively. Using
this original device architecture, we reach efficiencies
close to those of state-of-the-art n–i–p and p–i–n
micromorph devices, demonstrating a promising route to
deposit high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells on
opaque substrates.},
cin = {PGI-5},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-5-20110106},
pnm = {424 - Exploratory materials and phenomena (POF2-424)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-424},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000319486700019},
doi = {10.1016/j.solmat.2013.02.032},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/152035},
}