Efficiency enhancement in thin-film c-Si HIT solar cells using luminescent 2.85 nm silicon nanoparticles

Farsad I. Chowdhury; Aaesha Alnuaimi; Kazi Islam; Ammar Nayfeh

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925364

Efficiency enhancement in thin-film c-Si HIT solar cells using luminescent 2.85 nm silicon nanoparticles

Farsad I. Chowdhury, Aaesha Alnuaimi, Kazi Islam, Ammar Nayfeh

Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

A simple and low-cost method for enhancing the efficiency of c-Si HIT solar cells is reported. By coating 2.85 nm silicon nanoparticles (Si NPs) on the top of the solar cells, efficiency improvement is observed with respect to the uncoated reference cells. The efficiency enhancement can be attributed to the Si NPs photoluminescence (Ultra Violet absorption followed by red re-emission). Spin coating technique was used to integrate Si NPs on the cells. Compared to uncoated solar cells, Si NPs coated solar cells show an average improvement of 2.33% and 5.16% in short circuit current density (J_sc) and efficiency respectively.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2209-2213
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479943982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925364
State	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

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Name	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

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Conference	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/06/14 → 13/06/14

Keywords

silicon nanoparticles
solar cells
spin coating

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Chowdhury, F. I., Alnuaimi, A., Islam, K., & Nayfeh, A. (2014). Efficiency enhancement in thin-film c-Si HIT solar cells using luminescent 2.85 nm silicon nanoparticles. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 (pp. 2209-2213). Article 6925364 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925364

Chowdhury, Farsad I. ; Alnuaimi, Aaesha ; Islam, Kazi et al. / Efficiency enhancement in thin-film c-Si HIT solar cells using luminescent 2.85 nm silicon nanoparticles. 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 2209-2213 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014).

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Chowdhury, FI, Alnuaimi, A, Islam, K & Nayfeh, A 2014, Efficiency enhancement in thin-film c-Si HIT solar cells using luminescent 2.85 nm silicon nanoparticles. in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014., 6925364, 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2209-2213, 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Denver, United States, 8/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925364

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