《A Review of Thin Film Crystalline Silicon for Solar Cell》.pdf

A Review of Thin Film Crystalline Silicon for Solar Cell Applications. Part 1 : Native Substrates. Michelle J. M c Cann, Kylie R. Catchp ole, Klaus J. Web er and Andrew W. Blakers Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering Department, The Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia. Email : michelle.mccann@anu.edu.au Abstract Approximately half the cost of a nished crystalline silicon solar mo dule is due to the silicon itself. Com- bining this fact with a high eciency p otential makes thin lm crystalline silicon solar cells a growing research area. This pap er, written in two parts, aims to outline world-wide research on this topic. The sub ject has b een divided into techniques which use native substrates and techniques which use foreign sub- strates. Light trapping, vap our and liquid phase dep osition techniques, cell fabrication and some general considerations are also discussed with reference to thin lm cells. Keywords crystalline silicon, thin lm, review Contents 1 Intro duction 3 2 Techniques Used for Silicon Dep osition 4 2.1 LPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 CVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3 Recrystallisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .