@inproceedings{335fd4a7503a4e6789d13f2733606fcc,
title = "Thin absorbers for defect-tolerant solar cell design",
abstract = "Thin silicon wafers provide a pathway to lower cost and lower capital intensity PV module manufacturing. They can also produce higher-efficiency devices with less expensive feedstock and crystallization processes because they require shorter diffusion lengths and operate at higher carrier injection. Through simulation, we show that thin Si wafers can be incorporated into high-efficiency cells with greater defect tolerance than thick wafers. Experimentally, we demonstrate the importance of excellent surface passivation to realizing the efficiency potential of thin silicon solar cells and show that such passivation can be achieved in silicon/amorphous silicon heterojunction devices.",
keywords = "Heterojunction, Photovoltaic cells, Silicon",
author = "Needleman, {David Berney} and Andre Augusto and Ana Peral and Stuart Bowden and {Del Canizo}, Carlos and Tonio Buonassisi",
note = "Funding Information: This material is based upon work supported by the Engineering Research Center Program of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy (DOE) under NSF Cooperative Agreement No. EEC-1041895. D. Berney Needleman acknowledges the support of the Department of Defense (DOD) through the National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship program. C. del Ca{\~n}izo and A. Peral gratefully acknowledge J. Valdehita and C. Cid for their assistance with sample preparation and contamination and the partial funding from Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci{\'o}n through TABACO DE LYAR (ENE2014-56069-C4-2-R) project. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 ; Conference date: 25-06-2017 Through 30-06-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366070",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "2201--2204",
booktitle = "2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017",
}