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€/Wp for a 'standard' SHJ cell, compared to 0.34€/Wp 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 |
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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 |
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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/ |
Conference
Conference | 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2013) |
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Abbreviated title | PVSC 2013 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Tampa |
Period | 16/06/13 → 21/06/13 |
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Keywords
- Amorphous silicon
- Heterojunction
- Photovoltaic cells
- Silicon