Flexible solar cells based on foldable silicon wafers with blunted edges
Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +16 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Flexible solar cells have a lot of market potential for application in photovoltaics integrated into buildings and wearable electronics because they are lightweight, shockproof and self-powered. Silicon solar cells have been successfully used in large power plants. However, despite the efforts made for more than 50 years, there has been no notable progress in the development of flexible silicon solar cells because of their rigidity 1–4 . Here we provide a strategy for fabricating large-scale, foldable silicon wafers and manufacturing flexible solar cells. A textured crystalline silicon wafer always starts to crack at the sharp channels between surface pyramids in the marginal region of the wafer. This…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 31.44
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 50
Authors
47- WLWenzhu LiuCorresponding
Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- YLYujing Liu
Changsha University of Science and Technology
- ZYZiqiang Yang
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- CXChang‐Qing Xu
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- XLXiaodong Li
Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Topics & keywords
- Wafer
- Silicon
- Crystalline silicon
- Materials science
- Photovoltaics
- Optoelectronics
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
- Engineering physics
- Affordable and clean energy