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Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%
http://www.aalto.fi/en/current/news/2015-05-18-002/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%[/font]
18.05.2015
[font size=4]Aalto University’s researchers improved their previous record by over three absolute percents together with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.[/font]
[font size=3]The researchers have obtained the record-breaking efficiency of 22.1% on nanostructured silicon solar cells as certified by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab. An almost 4% absolute increase to their previous record is achieved by applying a thin passivating film on the nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition, and by integrating all metal contacts on the back side of the cell.
The surface recombination has long been the bottleneck of black silicon solar cells and has so far limited the cell efficiencies to only modest values. The new record cells consists of a thick back-contacted structure that is known to be highly sensitive to the front surface recombination. The certified external quantum efficiency of 96% at 300nm wavelength demonstrates that the increased surface recombination problem no longer exists and for the first time the black silicon is not limiting the final energy conversion efficiency.
The results were published online 18.5.2015 in Nature Nanotechnology.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.8918.05.2015
[font size=4]Aalto University’s researchers improved their previous record by over three absolute percents together with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.[/font]
The development of the cells fabricated last year will continue in the upcoming “BLACK” project in which Professor Savin together with her team will develop the technology further in cooperation with industry.
[font size=3]The researchers have obtained the record-breaking efficiency of 22.1% on nanostructured silicon solar cells as certified by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab. An almost 4% absolute increase to their previous record is achieved by applying a thin passivating film on the nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition, and by integrating all metal contacts on the back side of the cell.
The surface recombination has long been the bottleneck of black silicon solar cells and has so far limited the cell efficiencies to only modest values. The new record cells consists of a thick back-contacted structure that is known to be highly sensitive to the front surface recombination. The certified external quantum efficiency of 96% at 300nm wavelength demonstrates that the increased surface recombination problem no longer exists and for the first time the black silicon is not limiting the final energy conversion efficiency.
The results were published online 18.5.2015 in Nature Nanotechnology.
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So help me, it's got these wierd black I/O ports, which are apparently labeled in black, until you disturb the computer, at which point, a little LED lights up to tell you what you’re looking at.
(When I first saw it, all I could think of was The Hitchhiker’s Guide…)