Flexible thin-film solar cells

• MASUDA Atsushi

  Research Center for Photovoltaics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• フレキシブル薄膜太陽電池
• フレキシブル ハクマク タイヨウ デンチ

Abstract

Recent results for flexible thin-film solar cells, including those obtained by the author’s group, are presented. The most important advantage of flexible thin-film solar cells using a polymer film or metal sheet substrate is lightness. Their weight is about one tenth that of conventional solar cells, resulting in their accelerated use. It is also easy to use the roll-to-roll process for their mass production. Flexible solar cells are now fabricated as thin-film silicon, compound semiconductor, organic thin-film and dye-sensitized solar cells. Some of these flexible solar cells are mass-produced. In this article, flexible thin-film silicon solar cells are introduced in detail. The importance of texture formation techniques on a polymer substrate for light trapping is shown using the results obtained from two projects in Japan and European Union.

Journal

• Oyo Buturi

  Oyo Buturi 77 (10), 1213-1219, 2008-10-10

  The Japan Society of Applied Physics

Keywords

• thin-film solar cells
• flexible type
• polymer-film substrate
• metal-sheet substrate
• roll-to-roll process
• texture
• light trapping
• PV-Lab Flexcellence project
• UV-curable acrylic resin
• acrylic polymer substrate

Details

• CRID: 1390845702289050624
• NII Article ID: 10021979588
• NII Book ID: AN00026679
• DOI: 10.11470/oubutsu.77.10_1213
• ISSN: 21882290
• ISSN: 03698009
• NDL BIB ID: 9671328
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I9671328
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • NDL
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed