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    The document discusses different types of solar cell technologies, including: 1) Wafer-based crystalline silicon cells that use a pn junction with a front contact of n-type silicon and a back contact of p-type silicon. 2) Thin-film silicon cells that use amorphous silicon deposited on a substrate such as glass. 3) Cadmium telluride cells that use a glass substrate with a transparent conductive oxide layer, a CdS layer, and a CdTe absorber layer. 4) CIGS cells that use a glass substrate with transparent conductive oxide layers, a CdS layer, a copper indium gallium selenide absorber, and a m

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    IntroductiontoSolarEnergy

    Photovoltaics
    Week1.3
    ArnoSmets

    Solarcelloperation
    frontcontact
    ntype
    silicon
    +
    +

    +
    +
    backcontact

    pn junction
    ptype

    Solarcelloperation
    Frontcontact
    ntypecSi
    depletion region
    ptypecSi
    depletion region
    p++typeSi
    backcontact

    ntypecSi
    absorber
    membrane

    Solarcelloperation
    Frontcontact
    ntypecSi
    depletion region
    ptypecSi
    depletion region
    p++typeSi
    backcontact

    ntypecSi
    absorber
    membrane

    Solarcelloperation
    Frontcontact
    ntypecSi
    depletion region
    ptypecSi
    depletion region
    p++typeSi
    backcontact

    ntypecSi
    absorber
    membrane

    Solarcelloperation
    Frontcontact
    ntypecSi
    depletion region
    ptypecSi
    depletion region
    p++typeSi
    backcontact

    ntypecSi
    absorber
    membrane

    US$0.1/Wp US$0.2/Wp

    Efficiency[%]

    Wp/m

    100

    US$0.5/Wp

    80
    60

    US$1.0/Wp

    III

    40
    20
    II
    0

    100

    Presentlimit
    I

    200 300 400


    Cost[US$/m2]

    US$3.5/Wp
    500

    Waferbasedcrystallinesilicon
    finger

    invertedpyramids

    doublelayer
    antireflection
    coating
    p+
    n+

    n
    p+

    thin oxide
    (200)

    p+

    oxide
    Source:UniversityofNewSouthWales,Australia

    Thinfilmsilicon

    Superstrate solarcell
    structure
    Glass superstrate
    TCO
    ptype

    Intrinsic aSi:H

    ntype
    Metalelectrode

    CadmiumTelluride
    Glass
    TCO(ZnO:Al)
    CdS (ntype)
    CdTe
    (ptype)
    Metalcontact
    Source:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferriday/5815935109/

    CIGS

    NiA1
    MgF2
    TCO(ZnO:Al)
    TCO(intrinsic ZnO)
    CdS (ntype)
    CuInSe2
    (ptype)

    Mo
    Glass

    Organic/Dye sensitized SolarCells

    Source:Solarmer Energy
    Source:Fraunhofer ISE

    III VPVTechnology

    PVtechnologies
    Emerging and novel technologies
    Quantum
    dots
    n
    IBC

    Rear
    contact

    Front
    contact

    p
    Downconvertor

    Upconvertor

    Thank you for your attention!

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