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11.0%-Efficient Thin-Film Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells With Honeycomb Textured Substrates
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In this paper, a new world record was achieved for the efficiency of single-junction microcrystalline silicon solar cells, with a conversion efficiency of 11.0%, independently confirmed by the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Characterization, Standards, and Measurement (CSM) team.Abstract:
In this paper, we present our latest results toward high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells. Owing to the superior light trapping capability of periodic textures combined with other technologies, a new world record was achieved for the efficiency of single-junction microcrystalline silicon solar cells, with a conversion efficiency of 11.0%, independently confirmed by the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Characterization, Standards, and Measurement (CSM) team.read more
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