Open AccessHigh-Efficiency Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Stefan W. Glunz
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advances in optoelectronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1687-5648
pISSN - 1687-563X
DOI - 10.1155/2007/97370
Subject(s) - wafer , crystalline silicon , silicon , engineering physics , silicon solar cell , energy conversion efficiency , solar cell , materials science , energy transformation , engineering , process engineering , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , environmental science , physics , thermodynamics
The current cost distribution of a crystalline silicon PV module is clearly dominated by material costs, especially by the costs of the silicon wafer. Therefore cell designs that allow the use of thinner wafers and the increase of energy conversion efficiency are of special interest to the PV industry. This article gives an overview of the most critical issues to achieve this aim and of the recent activities at Fraunhofer ISE and other institutes
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