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Self‐Tiling Monocrystalline Silicon; a Process to Produce Electrically Connected Domains of Si and Microconcentrator Solar Cell Modules on Plastic Supports
Author(s) -
Knuesel Robert J.,
Jacobs Heiko O.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201004533
Subject(s) - monocrystalline silicon , materials science , solar cell , silicon , optoelectronics , yield (engineering) , process (computing) , reduction (mathematics) , nanotechnology , composite material , computer science , geometry , operating system , mathematics
A method for self‐tiling and electrically connecting microscopic semiconducting tiles with high speed and yield is presented. Assembly is driven by a stepwise reduction of interfacial free energy at a triple interface. We discuss design rules to produce highly periodic domains on rigid, flexible, and curved substrates. A fault‐tolerant microconcentrator solar cell is demonstrated.