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Article: 16.7% efficient, laser textured, buried contact polycrystalline silicon solar cell
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ABSTRACT: In the evolution of single‐crystal silicon solar cells, crystallographic texturing of the cell surface using anisotropic etches was an important step in improving cell performance. Unfortunately, this technique is ineffective for polycrystalline silicon solar cells due to generally unfavorable grain orientation. This limitation has been overcome by employing a new laser texturing technique on the top surface of a laser grooved, buried top contact polycrystalline silicon solar cell. This approach has demonstrated an independently confirmed 16.7% (air mass 1.5, 25 °C) efficiency for a 10.5 cm<sup>2</sup> polycrystalline silicon solar cell, the highest efficiency ever reported for a polycrystalline cell of this size.Applied Physics Letters 12/1989; · 3.84 Impact Factor
