Optimization of SiN AR coating for Si solar cells and modules through quantitative assessment of optical and efficiency loss mechanism

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 983-990

  Kang, Moon Hee ^a   Ryu, Kyungsun ^a   Upadhyaya, Ajay ^a   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Suniva Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

antireflection coating; encapsulation loss; glass module; optical simulation; PC1D; silicon nitride; sunrays

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION; AR COATINGS; BULK DEFECTS; CELL EFFICIENCY; DEVICE MODELING; EFFICIENCY LOSS; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; HIGHER INDEX; HYDROGEN PASSIVATION; MAXIMUM MODULES; MODULE EFFICIENCY; MONTE CARLO; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PC1D; PLANAR CELLS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SI SOLAR CELLS; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; SIN FILMS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SUNRAYS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; ETHYLENE; GLASS; HYDROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PASSIVATION; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 82355170674     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1095     Document Type: Article

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