Photolithography-free interdigitated back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells with efficiency >21%

Andrea Tomasi; Bertrand Paviet-Salomon; Damien Lachenal; Silvia Martin De Nicolas; Martin Ledinsky; Antoine Descoeudres; Sylvain Nicolay; Stefaan De Wolf; Christophe Ballif

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924898

Photolithography-free interdigitated back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells with efficiency >21%

Andrea Tomasi, Bertrand Paviet-Salomon, Damien Lachenal, Silvia Martin De Nicolas, Martin Ledinsky, Antoine Descoeudres, Sylvain Nicolay, Stefaan De Wolf, Christophe Ballif

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Abstract

We report on the development of interdigitated back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells with conversion efficiencies well above 21%. Doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon layers, needed for electron and hole collection, are patterned via in-situ shadow masking whereas transparent conductive oxide and metal layers, of the back electrodes, are defined via hot melt inkjet printing of an etch resist and subsequent wet etching. Our technology is therefore photolithography-free and avoids any high-temperature step. The best fabricated solar cell presents a high short-circuit current density of 39.9 mA/cm², an open-circuit voltage of 724 mV and a fill factor of 74.5% resulting in a conversion efficiency of 21.5%, with a strong upside potential. We report also on a silver-free IBC-SHJ solar cell with conversion efficiency >20%.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3644-3648
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479943982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924898
State	Published - Oct 15 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: Jun 8 2014 → Jun 13 2014

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

Keywords

Amorphous silicon
crystalline silicon
heterojunctions
photovoltaic cells
solar cells

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Tomasi, A., Paviet-Salomon, B., Lachenal, D., De Nicolas, S. M., Ledinsky, M., Descoeudres, A., Nicolay, S., De Wolf, S., & Ballif, C. (2014). Photolithography-free interdigitated back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells with efficiency >21%. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 (pp. 3644-3648). Article 6924898 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924898

Tomasi, Andrea ; Paviet-Salomon, Bertrand ; Lachenal, Damien et al. / Photolithography-free interdigitated back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells with efficiency >21%. 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 3644-3648 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014).

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Tomasi A, Paviet-Salomon B, Lachenal D, De Nicolas SM, Ledinsky M, Descoeudres A et al. Photolithography-free interdigitated back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells with efficiency >21%. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 3644-3648. 6924898. (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924898

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