Cost analysis of two silicon heterojunction solar cell designs

A. Louwen; W.G.J.H.M. van Sark; R.E.I. Schropp; W.C. Turkenburg; A.P.C. Faaij

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745170

Cost analysis of two silicon heterojunction solar cell designs

A. Louwen, W.G.J.H.M. van Sark, R.E.I. Schropp, W.C. Turkenburg, A.P.C. Faaij

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Abstract

Research and Development of Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells has seen a marked increase since the recent expiry of core patents describing SHJ technology. This paper investigates the production costs associated with two different SHJ cell designs investigated within the FLASH programme, a Dutch research programme focusing on SHJ solar cells. We performed life cycle costing and common economic analysis to quantify the production costs (€/W _p). One of the aims of the research programme is to decrease production cost by substituting expensive materials and processing steps. We found the analyzed designs to have slightly different production costs: 0.35€/W_p for a 'standard' SHJ cell, compared to 0.34€/W_p for a new SHJ cell design in which the indium-tin-oxide TCO is replaced with abundant materials. Sensitivity analysis showed the results to be especially sensitive to changes in wafer (and thus silicon) prices. Further research will be conducted for other SHJ cell designs developed in the FLASH programme.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 16-21 June 2013, Tampa, Florida
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	3357-3361
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-3299-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745170
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2013) - Tampa Convention Center , Tampa, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2013 → 21 Jun 2013 Conference number: 39 https://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC39/

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Conference	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2013)
Abbreviated title	PVSC 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tampa
Period	16/06/13 → 21/06/13
Internet address	https://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC39/

Keywords

Amorphous silicon
Heterojunction
Photovoltaic cells
Silicon

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Louwen, A., van Sark, W. G. J. H. M., Schropp, R. E. I., Turkenburg, W. C., & Faaij, A. P. C. (2013). Cost analysis of two silicon heterojunction solar cell designs. In Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 16-21 June 2013, Tampa, Florida (pp. 3357-3361). [6745170] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745170

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Louwen, A, van Sark, WGJHM, Schropp, REI, Turkenburg, WC & Faaij, APC 2013, Cost analysis of two silicon heterojunction solar cell designs. in Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 16-21 June 2013, Tampa, Florida., 6745170, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, pp. 3357-3361, 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2013), Tampa, Florida, United States, 16/06/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745170

Cost analysis of two silicon heterojunction solar cell designs. / Louwen, A.; van Sark, W.G.J.H.M.; Schropp, R.E.I.; Turkenburg, W.C.; Faaij, A.P.C.

Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 16-21 June 2013, Tampa, Florida. Piscataway : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013. p. 3357-3361 6745170.

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Louwen A, van Sark WGJHM, Schropp REI, Turkenburg WC, Faaij APC. Cost analysis of two silicon heterojunction solar cell designs. In Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 16-21 June 2013, Tampa, Florida. Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2013. p. 3357-3361. 6745170 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745170

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