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Humid environment stability of LPCVD ZnO: B used as transparent electrodes in thin film silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ, Stefan Meyer

The stability in humid environment of low pressure chemical vapor deposited boron doped zinc oxide (LPCVD ZnO:B) used as transparent conductive oxide in thin film silicon solar cells is investigated. Damp heat treatment (exposition to humid and hot atmosph ...

2011

Polycrystalline ZnO:B grown by LPCVD as TCO for thin film silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ, Sylvain Nicolay

Conductive zinc oxide (ZnO) grown by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) technique possesses a rough surface that induces an efficient light scattering in thin film silicon (TF Si) solar cells, which makes this TCO an ideal candidate for contact ...

2010

ZnO Transparent conductive oxide for thin film silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ, Thomas Söderström, Andrea Feltrin, Peter Cuony, Sylvain Nicolay, Grégory Bugnon, Franz-Josef Haug, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Matthieu Despeisse

There is general agreement that the future production of electric energy has to be renewable and sustainable in the long term. Photovoltaic (PV) is booming with more than 7GW produced in 2008 and will therefore play an important role in the future electric ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering, Po Box 10, Bellingham, Wa 98227-0010 Usa2010

Growth model of MOCVD polycrystalline ZnO

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ, Sylvain Nicolay

A growth model for the low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) of polycrystalline ZnO thin films is proposed. This model is based on experimental observations of the surface morphology and crystallographic orientations of the layers at different thi ...

2009

Research and developments in thin film silicon photovoltaics

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ, Martin Python, Thomas Söderström, Andrea Feltrin, Gaetano Parascandolo, Grégory Bugnon, Franz-Josef Haug, Matthieu Despeisse

The increasing demand for photovoltaic devices and the associated crystalline silicon feedstock demand scenario have led in the past years to the fast growth of the thin film silicon industry. The high potential for cost reduction and the suitability for b ...

2009

Thin film silicon solar cells in a semi-transparent micro-structured metal substrate configuration

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ, Julien Claude Bailat

We present our work on the combination of thin film silicon solar cells and a commercial window shading device (MicroShadeTM, PhotoSolar) into a novel, glass integrated photovoltaic product for building integration. The development of amorphous silicon sol ...

2009

LPCVD GROWTH OF ZNO FOR SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ, Sylvain Nicolay

A growth model for the low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) of polycrystalline ZnO thin films is proposed. This model is based on experimental observations of the surface morphology and crystallographic orientations of the layers at different thi ...

2009

Opto-electronic properties of rough LP-CVD ZnO:B for use as TCO in thin-film silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Sylvie Faÿ

Polycrystalline Boron-doped ZnO films deposited by low pressure chemical vapor deposition technique are developed for their use as transparent contacts for thin-film silicon solar cells. The size of the columnar grains that constitute the ZnO films is rela ...

2007