Compact monocrystalline silicon solar modules with high voltage outputs and mechanically flexible designs

Baca, Alfred J.; Yu, Ki Jun; Xiao, Jianliang; Wang, Shuodao; Yoon, Jongseung; Ryu, Jae Ha; Stevenson, Darren; Nuzzo, Ralph G.; Rockett, Angus A.; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A.

doi:10.1039/b920862c

Title: Compact monocrystalline silicon solar modules with high voltage outputs and mechanically flexible designs

Journal Article · 11 January 2010 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b920862c · OSTI ID:1875091

Baca, Alfred J. ^[1]; Yu, Ki Jun ^[2]; Xiao, Jianliang ^[3]; Wang, Shuodao ^[3]; Yoon, Jongseung ^[2]; Ryu, Jae Ha ^[2]; Stevenson, Darren ^[2]; Nuzzo, Ralph G. ^[2]; Rockett, Angus A. ^[2]; Huang, Yonggang ^[3]; 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)

Here, a type of compact (~cm²) high voltage photovoltaic module that utilizes large collections of ultrathin (~15 μm), small (~45 μm wide, ~1 mm long) silicon solar cells was fabricated and characterized. Integration on thin sheets of plastic yielded flexible modules with per-cell efficiencies of ~8%, voltage outputs >200 V, and maximum power outputs >1.5 mW.

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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

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46471

OSTI ID:: 1875091

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 3; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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