Ultrathin silicon solar microcells for semitransparent, mechanically flexible and&nbsp;microconcentrator module designs

Yoon, Jongseung; Baca, Alfred J.; Park, Sang-Il; Elvikis, Paulius; Geddes, Joseph B.; Li, Lanfang; Kim, Rak Hwan; Xiao, Jianliang; Wang, Shuodao; Kim, Tae-Ho; Motala, Michael J.; Ahn, Bok Yeop; Duoss, Eric B.; Lewis, Jennifer A.; Nuzzo, Ralph G.; Ferreira, Placid M.; Huang, Yonggang; Rockett, Angus; Rogers, John A.

doi:10.1038/nmat2287

Ultrathin silicon solar microcells for semitransparent, mechanically flexible and microconcentrator module designs

Journal Article · Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Nature Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2287· OSTI ID:1876410

Yoon, Jongseung ^[1]; Baca, Alfred J. ^[2]; Park, Sang-Il ^[2]; Elvikis, Paulius ^[2]; Geddes, Joseph B. ^[2]; Li, Lanfang ^[2]; Kim, Rak Hwan ^[2]; Xiao, Jianliang ^[3]; Wang, Shuodao ^[3]; Kim, Tae-Ho ^[2]; Motala, Michael J. ^[2]; Ahn, Bok Yeop ^[2]; Duoss, Eric B. ^[2]; Lewis, Jennifer A. ^[2]; Nuzzo, Ralph G. ^[2]; Ferreira, Placid M. ^[2]; Huang, Yonggang ^[3]; Rockett, Angus ^[2]; Rogers, John A. ^[2]

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); University of Illinois
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

The high natural abundance of silicon, together with its excellent reliability and good efficiency in solar cells, suggest its continued use in production of solar energy, on massive scales, for the foreseeable future. Although organics, nanocrystals, nanowires and other new materials hold significant promise, many opportunities continue to exist for research into unconventional means of exploiting silicon in advanced photovoltaic systems. Here, we describe modules that use large-scale arrays of silicon solar microcells created from bulk wafers and integrated in diverse spatial layouts on foreign substrates by transfer printing. Here, the resulting devices can offer useful features, including high degrees of mechanical flexibility, user-definable transparency and ultrathin-form-factor microconcentrator designs. Detailed studies of the processes for creating and manipulating such microcells, together with theoretical and experimental investigations of the electrical, mechanical and optical characteristics of several types of module that incorporate them, illuminate the key aspects.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; NSF

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46471; FG02-07ER46453

OSTI ID:: 1876410

Journal Information:: Nature Materials, Journal Name: Nature Materials Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 7; ISSN 1476-1122

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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