High‐efficiency thin‐film silicon solar cells with improved lightsoaking stability

T Matsui, H Sai, K Saito, M Kondo - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… -hydride stretching modes in the infrared absorption spectra of the a-Si : H films grown by …
light soaking results in markedly different stabilized efficiencies (η stb ). After 1000 h of light

Impact of light soaking and thermal annealing on amorphous silicon thin film performance

M Pierro, F Bucci, C Cornaro - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… in literature related to the silicon thin films seasonal performance. … Periodic fluctuations of
nominal power due to light soaking … The light soaking and thermal annealing contributions are …

Effect of light soaking and annealing on the stability of hydrogenated amorphous silicon films deposited using pure and highly helium diluted silane

N Souffi, M Daouahi, L Chahed, K Zellama… - Solid state …, 2002 - Elsevier
… Therefore, the changes in the film compactness upon light soaking and annealing, … the
photoinduced film expansion previously reported [24], [25], [26]. Moreover, the helium diluted films

Light soaking effects on photovoltaic modules: Overview and literature review

M Gostein, L Dunn - 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… The effect is not present in cast multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) devices… light soaking. The
IEC 61215 qualification procedure for crystalline silicon PV modules requires a 5hour light soak

Effects of light soaking on amorphous silicon

B Pivac, I Kovacevic, I Zulim… - Conference Record of …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
light soaking with UV, white and sub-gap light on a-Si:H films… the light soaking of the films
with white and subbandgap light … time, enhanced oxidation of the films is observed. It means …

Low cost high-efficiency amorphous silicon solar cells with improved light-soaking stability

JY Huang, CY Lin, CH Shen, JM Shieh… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2012 - Elsevier
light soaking-induced defects are responsible for the degradation of a thin film solar cell by
light soaking. … Therefore, the condition of our light soaking can be considered to be irradiated …

Increasing the efficiency of silicon heterojunction solar cells and modules by light soaking

E Kobayashi, S De Wolf, J Levrat… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
… Recently, we demonstrated that light soaking (LS) of SHJ solar cells increases their open
circuit voltage (V oc ) and fill factor (FF), leading to a gain in absolute conversion efficiency of …

Deposition and extensive light soaking of highly pure hydrogenated amorphous silicon

T Kamei, N Hata, A Matsuda, T Uchiyama… - Applied physics …, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
silicon films. High sensitivity secondary ion mass spectrometry measurements show that
impurity contents in the bulk of the present films … , extensive light soaking of the films resulted in …

Experimental evidence for extended hydrogen diffusion in silicon thin films during light-soaking

F Kail, S Fellah, A Abramov, A Hadjadj… - Journal of non …, 2006 - Elsevier
silicon films during light-soaking. Using mass spectrometry, we detect the hydrogen effusing
from the films exposed to light. … in the film structure and hydrogen bonding configurations. …

The effect of light soaking on crystalline silicon surface passivation by atomic layer deposited Al2O3

B Liao, R Stangl, T Mueller, F Lin, CS Bhatia… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
… the rate of lifetime increase by light soaking. To … light soaking. The results indicate that the
negative fixed charge density Q f present in the Al 2 O 3 films increases due to the light soaking