18.87%-efficient inverted pyramid structured silicon solar cell by one-step Cu-assisted texturization technique

Lixia Yang, Yaoping Liu, Yan Wang, Wei Chen, Quansheng Chen, Juntao Wu, Andrej Kuznetsov, Xiaolong Du

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Abstract

We achieved an inverted pyramid structure, meeting the tradeoff between the light reflection minimization and carrier recombination by adjusting the one-step Cu-assisted texturization of silicon wafer, and silicon solar cells based on this structure were fabricated, which gained a high conversion efficiency of 18.87% without using any complex techniques. These data were compared with the performance of conventional upright pyramid silicon solar cells as manufactured using identical raw wafers, the Cu-etched inverted pyramid silicon cells collected 0.59 mA/cm2 more short-circuit current density and 0.47% more efficiency. Importantly, our data demonstrate the better performance and manufacturability of inverted pyramid structured silicon solar cell and as such may open new perspectives for high efficiency solar cell applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-126
Number of pages6
JournalSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume166
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cu-assisted texturization
  • Inverted pyramid
  • Light-trapping
  • Silicon solar cells

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