Recent improvements in amorphous silicon-based multijunction modules
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· AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)
OSTI ID:7261718
- Solarex Corporation, Thin Film Division, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 (United States)
Advances in intrinsic amorphous silicon and in amorphous silicon carbon alloys have resulted in thin single junction devices with V[sub oc]'s over 1.0 volts and excellent stability with both i-layer materials. Incorporation of improved a-Si:H i-layers and thin microcrystalline n-layers in a-Si/a-Si/a-SiGe triple junction modules has resulted in large area triple junction modules with initial efficiencies as high as 11.35%. These modules exhibit a degradation of [similar to]20% after 1000 hours of light-soaking resulting in [similar to]9% stable modules.
- OSTI ID:
- 7261718
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9310273--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 306:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
AMORPHOUS STATE
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EFFICIENCY
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS
GERMANIUM SILICIDES
HYDROGEN ADDITIONS
JUNCTIONS
MICROSTRUCTURE
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS
SILICIDES
SILICON CARBIDES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TIN COMPOUNDS
TIN OXIDES
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
AMORPHOUS STATE
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EFFICIENCY
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS
GERMANIUM SILICIDES
HYDROGEN ADDITIONS
JUNCTIONS
MICROSTRUCTURE
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS
SILICIDES
SILICON CARBIDES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
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SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TIN COMPOUNDS
TIN OXIDES