Spherical silicon solar cell with reflector cup fabricated by decompression dropping method |
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Authors: | MINEMOTO Takashi OKAMOTO Chikao MUROZONO Mikio TAKAKURA Hideyuki HAMAKAWA Yoshihiro |
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Affiliation: | 1. College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan 2. Clean Venture 21 Co. Ltd., 35 Kamitoba Daimotsu-chou Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8121, Japan |
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Abstract: | A spherical Si solar cell with a reflector cup was successfully fabricated by a dropping method at decompression state. In the dropping method, melted Si droplets were instilled at decompression state (0.5× 105Pa) to reduce crystal growth rate, dominating crystal quality such as dislocation density in crystal grains. Spherical Si solar cells were fabricated using the spherical Si crystals with a diameter of 1 mm and then mounted on a reflector cup. The current-voltage measurement of the solar cell shows an energy conversion efficiency of 11.1% (short-circuit current density ( Jsc ):24.7 mA·cm-2,open-circuit voltage: 601 mV, fill factor:74.6%). Minority carrier diffusion length determined by surface photovoltage method was 98 μm. This value can be enhanced by the improvement of crystal quality of spherical Si crystals. These results demonstrate that spherical Si crystals fabricated by the dropping method has a great potential for substrate material of high-efficiency and low-cost solar cells. |
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Keywords: | spherical Si solar cell dropping method decompression state |
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