Progress with All-Silicon Tandem Cells on Glass Using Silicon Quantum Dots in Silicon-Based Dielectric Matrices

Martin Green; Gavin Conibeer; Dirk Koenig; Ivan Perez-Wurfl; Angus Gentle; Shujuan Huang; Dengyuan Song; Xiaojing Hao; Fei Gao; Sangwook Park; Christopher Flynn; Yong So; Bo  Zhang; Dawei Di; Patrick Campbell; Yidan Huang; Tom Puzzer

Progress with All-Silicon Tandem Cells on Glass Using Silicon Quantum Dots in Silicon-Based Dielectric Matrices

Martin Green^*, Gavin Conibeer, Dirk Koenig, Ivan Perez-Wurfl, Angus Gentle, Shujuan Huang, Dengyuan Song, Xiaojing Hao, Fei Gao, Sangwook Park, Christopher Flynn, Yong So, Bo Zhang, Dawei Di, Patrick Campbell, Yidan Huang, Tom Puzzer

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Abstract

Photovoltaics is destined to push to ever increasing performance due to the cost leverage provided by high efficiency. Although a range of “third generation” techniques have been suggested for improving cell efficiency beyond that of a single cell, so far the tandem cell approach is the only one to give improved performance in practice. Silicon wafer-based modules have shown high levels of reliability. However, there are no obvious candidates for high-bandgap compound semiconductors to use with silicon in tandem cells that would not compromise this reliability and stability, to some extent, or depend upon toxic or scarce elements. This work seeks to engineer wide-bandgap, Si-compatible materials by using quantum-confinement in silicon quantum dots (QDs) dispersed in a matrix of silicon carbide, nitride or oxide.
Keywords: Silicon, Quantum Dots, Tandem

Original language	English
Pages	15-18
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 25 Sept 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2009 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 21 Sept 2009 → 25 Sept 2009 Conference number: 24

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Conference	24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2009
Abbreviated title	EUPVSEC 2009
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	21/09/09 → 25/09/09
Other	September 21-24 2009

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Green, M., Conibeer, G., Koenig, D., Perez-Wurfl, I., Gentle, A., Huang, S., Song, D., Hao, X., Gao, F., Park, S., Flynn, C., So, Y., Zhang, B., Di, D., Campbell, P., Huang, Y., & Puzzer, T. (2009). Progress with All-Silicon Tandem Cells on Glass Using Silicon Quantum Dots in Silicon-Based Dielectric Matrices. 15-18. Paper presented at 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2009, Hamburg, Germany.

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