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First Generation Solar Cells Overview

This document summarizes different generations of solar cell technology. It lists the first members of the solar cell group and their names. It then describes the characteristics of first-generation silicon wafer solar cells, including that they currently make up 85% of the commercial market but are based on expensive silicon. Second-generation thin film solar cells using materials like amorphous silicon are described as more cost effective. Third-generation solar cells still in research are aimed to dramatically increase efficiency while maintaining low costs through technologies like multiple junctions or new materials. Specifics are provided on the highest efficiencies achieved with different types of first-generation silicon cells.

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First Generation Solar Cells Overview

This document summarizes different generations of solar cell technology. It lists the first members of the solar cell group and their names. It then describes the characteristics of first-generation silicon wafer solar cells, including that they currently make up 85% of the commercial market but are based on expensive silicon. Second-generation thin film solar cells using materials like amorphous silicon are described as more cost effective. Third-generation solar cells still in research are aimed to dramatically increase efficiency while maintaining low costs through technologies like multiple junctions or new materials. Specifics are provided on the highest efficiencies achieved with different types of first-generation silicon cells.

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FIRST GENERATION

Member
Member ::
Solar Cell 1.
1. Aan
Aan Nurochman
Nurochman
2.
2. Andhita
Andhita Dodi
Dodi Risnata
Risnata
3.
3. Selly
Selly Danastry
Danastry
Type of Solar cells
• First-generation cells are based on expensive silicon wafers
and make up 85% of the current commercial market.
• Second-generation cells are based on thin films of materials
such as amorphous silicon, nanocrystalline silicon, cadmium
telluride, or copper indium selenide.
• Third-generation cells are the research goal: a dramatic
increase in efficiency that maintains the cost advantage of
second-generation materials. Their design may make use of
carrier multiplication, hot electron extraction, multiple
junctions, sunlight concentration, or new materials.
First-generation cells
 Monocrystalline: 24,7% (University of New
South Wales, Australia)
 Polycrystalline: 20,3% (Fraunhofer Institute
of Solar Energy System, Germany)
 Amorphous: 10,1 % (Kaneka, Japan)
First Generation: Amorphous Silicon
(a-Si) Solar Cell
 Mostly found in calculators and many small electronic
devices
 The manufacture of a-Si PV cells is based on plasma-
enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), which
can be used to produce silicon thin film.
 Substrate can be made of the flexible and inexpensive
material in larger sizes, for example stainless steel or
plastic materials.
Singgle Crystal Ingot-Based PVs
• Single crystal wafers made by
Czochralski process, as in silicon
electronics
• Comprise 31% of market
• Efficiency as high as 24.7%
• Expensive—batch process involving
high temperatures, long times, and
mechanical slicing Wafers are not the
ideal geometry
• Benefits from improvements developed
for electronics industry
Product B
Production Process • Feature 1
mono- or multicrystalline Silicon crystal growth process
• Feature 2
• Feature 3
I-V Characteristics
 a-Si I-V characteristics differ significantly from c-Si in
the two following ways:
 Fill Factor (FF): the FFs of c-Si solar cells are,
typically around 80%,considerably "squarer"
than the typical a-Si equivalents which tend to
be around 50%
 The temperature coefficient of a-Si solar cells at
-2.3% power/l0 deg C is substantially lower than
for c-Si (-4.0% approx) and results in reduced
power loss at high temperatures.
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