Silicon solar cells: Past, present and the future
- Authors
- Lee, YJ[Lee, Youn-Jung]; Kim, BS[Kim, Byung-Sung]; Ifitiquar, SM[Ifitiquar, S. M.]; Park, C[Park, Cheolmin]; Yi, J[Yi, Junsin]
- Issue Date
- Aug-2014
- Publisher
- KOREAN PHYSICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Silicon solar cell; Silicon material; Crystalline silicon; Thin-film silicon; Next generation solar cell; High efficiency solar cell
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, v.65, no.3, pp.355 - 361
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
- Volume
- 65
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 355
- End Page
- 361
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/52225
- DOI
- 10.3938/jkps.65.355
- ISSN
- 0374-4884
- Abstract
- There has been a great demand for renewable energy for the last few years. However, the solar cell industry is currently experiencing a temporary plateau due to a sluggish economy and an oversupply of low-quality cells. The current situation can be overcome by reducing the production cost and by improving the cell is conversion efficiency. New materials such as compound semiconductor thin films have been explored to reduce the fabrication cost, and structural changes have been explored to improve the cell's efficiency. Although a record efficiency of 24.7% is held by a PERL - structured silicon solar cell and 13.44% has been realized using a thin silicon film, the mass production of these cells is still too expensive. Crystalline and amorphous silicon - based solar cells have led the solar industry and have occupied more than half of the market so far. They will remain so in the future photovoltaic (PV) market by playing a pivotal role in the solar industry. In this paper, we discuss two primary approaches that may boost the silicon - based solar cell market; one is a high efficiency approach and the other is a low cost approach. We also discuss the future prospects of various solar cells.
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