Concentrator silicon solar cells from silicon industry rejects

Mohammed S. AL-Soud and Eyad S. Hrayshat

Renewable Energy, 2005, vol. 30, issue 4, 621-630

Abstract: Two types of silicon (Si) substrates (40 n-type with uniform base doping and 40 n/n+ epitaxial wafers) from the silicon industry rejects were chosen as the starting material for low-cost concentrator solar cells. They were divided into four groups, each consisting of 20 substrates: 10 are n/n+ and 10 are n substrates, and the solar cells were prepared for different diffusion times (45, 60, 75 and 90min). The fabricated solar cells on n/n+ substrates (prepared with a diffusion time of 75min) showed better parameters. In order to improve their performances, particularly the fill factor, 20 new solar cells on n/n+ substrates were fabricated using the same procedure (the diffusion time was 75min)—but with four new front contact patterns. Investigation of current–voltage (I–V) characteristics under AM 1.5 showed that the parameters of these 20 new solar cells have improved in comparison to previous solar cells' parameters, and were as follows: open-circuit voltage (VOC=0.57V); short circuit current (ISC=910mA), and efficiency (η=9.1%). Their fill factor has increased about 33%. The I–V characteristics of these solar cells were also investigated under different concentration ratios (X), and they exhibited the following parameters (under X=100 suns): VOC=0.62V and ISC=36A.

Keywords: Monocrystalline substrates; n/n+ substrates; Concentrator solar cells; Low-cost solar cells; Silicon industry rejects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2004.07.001

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