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Properties of laser-crystallised silicon thin-film solar cells on textured glass

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We present optoelectronic properties of liquid phase crystallised silicon (LPC Si) thin-film solar cells on abrade-textured glass. On the textured glass-Si interface, LPC Si film exhibits a large broadband absorption enhancement, compared to a planar reference. However, LPC Si solar cells on the textured glass demonstrate a significant electrical degradation. External quantum efficiency (EQE) for the cell on the textured glass is lower throughout the 300–1100 nm wavelength region, compared to the planar reference. Open-circuit voltage (Voc) and short-circuit current density (Jsc) for the cells on the textured glass also show lower performance. This is believed to be due to higher effective area of poorly-passivated glass-Si interface, lower bulk carrier diffusion length in the absorber material and shunting through cracks and pinholes in the LPC films on the textured glass.

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This program has been supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Authors would like to thank Kazuo Omaki for e-beam Si deposition.

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  1. School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Mohd Zamir Pakhuruddin, Jialiang Huang, Jonathan Dore & Sergey Varlamov

  2. Nano-Optoelectronics Research and Technology Laboratory, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia

    Mohd Zamir Pakhuruddin

  3. Institute for Silicon-Photovoltaics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Kekuléstr 5, D-12489, Berlin, Germany

    Sven Kühnapfel & Stefan Gall

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Pakhuruddin, M.Z., Huang, J., Kühnapfel, S. et al. Properties of laser-crystallised silicon thin-film solar cells on textured glass. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 10391–10399 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-6809-6

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