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Titel:
Soft imprinted Ag nanowire hybrid electrodes on silicon heterojunction solar cells
 
Auteur(s):
Knight, M.W.; Groep, J. van de; Bronsveld, P.C.P.; Sinke, W.C.; Polman, A.
 
Gepubliceerd door: Publicatie datum:
ECN Zonne-energie 13-10-2016
 
ECN publicatienummer: Publicatie type:
ECN-W--15-034 Artikel wetenschap tijdschrift
 
Aantal pagina's:
9  

Gepubliceerd in: Nano Energy (Elsevier), , 2016, Vol.30, p.398-406.

Samenvatting:
We demonstrate enhanced efficiencies in front-contacted silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells using silver nanowire-based hybrid electrodes. SHJ cells typically suffer from shading losses due to reflection from macroscopic sun-facing metal fingers, which must be closely spaced to avoid resistive losses in the transparent conductive electrode (TCE). Using substrate conformal imprint lithography (SCIL) we fabricate silver nanowire electrodes on practical scale (4.0 cm2) planar SHJ cells. These electrodes exhibit anomalous transmission and a 7-fold improvement in sheet conductance relative to a standard ITO layer, enabling larger finger spacings and reducing reflection losses without compromising the cell fill factor. Over 70% of the ITO is replaced with transparent SiNx, reducing the use of indium while improving the anti-reflective performance. Combined, the reduced shading and reflection raises the short circuit current density increases by 2.1 mA cm-2, yielding an absolute increase in cell efficiency of 1.0%. These engineered hybrid electrodes provide a practical pathway towards front-contacted SHJ cells with a reduced dependence on rare metals and high efficiencies.

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