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The effect of cell thickness on energy production of amorphous silicon solar cells
conference contribution
posted on 2009-08-10, 11:15 authored by Pongpan Vorasayan, Thomas R. Betts, Ralph Gottschalg, David Infield, A.N. TiwariSolar cells are currently evaluated under laboratory conditions and not under
realistic operating conditions. Amorphous silicon (a-Si) devices exhibit a complicated
dependence on operating conditions, with a major concern being the degradation of these
devices in realistic operation. Optimising these devices for energy production of the
stabilised state is dependent on many factors, with one of the main inputs being the overall
thickness of the cell. In this paper, the effect of intrinsic layer (i-layer) thickness on the cell
performance, the degradation and also the energy production under realistic conditions are
investigated. It is apparent from the experiment that there has to be an optimisation of the
i-layer thickness to maximise the light absorption and minimise the degradation, if higher
performance and energy production is to be achieved.
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VORASAYAN, P. ... et al, 2005. The effect of cell thickness on energy production of amorphous silicon solar cells. IN: Proceedings of the 2nd Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology Conference (PVSAT-2), 14-15 April, Loughborough, UK.Publisher
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