Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells
M. Rizwan, Waheed S. Khan, S. Aleena
Monocrystalline silicon based solar cells have the attributes that includes elemental semiconductor nature and balancing properties making it extensively applicable in the field of microelectronics. Silicon based solar cells make about 90% of today’s photovoltaic technology. The highest experimental efficiency reported for monocrystalline solar cells so far is 26.6%. The V-I characteristics of monocrystalline silicon based solar cells have been deliberated in the contextual of silicon as substrate material. The theoretical value of Shockely-Queisser (SQ) limit for monocrystalline solar cells is 30% that invocate further efficiency developments. The typical monocrystalline structure and recent advancements in monocrystalline solar cells are emphasized with appropriate examples to understand the photovoltaic phenomenon. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) enhancement is of prime importance in photovoltaic industry (PV) and hence different techniques analyze the question of PCE in context of cost effective solar cell production. In light of the literature, the texturizing, anti-reflecting coating and metallization are proposed as the efficient methods for reduction in losses and enhancement in efficiency.
Keywords
Photovoltaic, Solar Cell, Monocrystalline, Shockely-Queisser, PCE
Published online 11/15/2020, 29 pages
Citation: M. Rizwan, Waheed S. Khan, S. Aleena, Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 88, pp 148-175, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901090-6
Part of the book on Materials for Solar Cell Technologies I
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