TY  - JOUR
AU  - Smirnov, V.
AU  - Lambertz, A.
AU  - Finger, F.
TI  - Bifacial microcrystalline silicon solar cells with improved performance due to μc-SiO $_{x}$ :H doped layers 
JO  - Canadian journal of physics
VL  - 92
IS  - 7/8
SN  - 1208-6045
CY  - Ottawa, Ontario
PB  - NRC Research Press
M1  - FZJ-2014-05552
SP  - 913 - 916
PY  - 2014
AB  - We present the development and application of n-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide (μc-SiOx:H) in semitransparent bifacial microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) solar cells. Semitransparent bifacial solar cells are of interest for a number of technical applications like building integration or concentrator devices, but also can offer new insight into solar cell properties due to the possibility to illuminate the cell from both sides. Appropriately selected μc-SiOx:H n-layers with low refractive index and high optical band gap allow the reduction of the reflection of the cells and improve short circuit current density (JSC) and conversion efficiencies. The quality of n-type μc-SiOx:H window layers is demonstrated in solar cells with highly reflective ZnO/Ag contacts. High JSC values of 24.8 mA/cm2 and efficiencies of 9.5% are obtained for 1 μm thick solar cells.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000339379500079
DO  - DOI:10.1139/cjp-2013-0617
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/171998
ER  -