Electrodeposition of crystalline silicon films from silicon dioxide for low-cost photovoltaic applications

Xingli Zou; Li Ji; Jianbang Ge; Donald R. Sadoway; Edward T. Yu; Allen J. Bard

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13065-w

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Electrodeposition of crystalline silicon films from silicon dioxide for low-cost photovoltaic applications

Xingli Zou,
Li Ji,
Jianbang Ge,
Donald R. Sadoway,
Edward T. Yu,
Allen J. Bard

Affiliations

Xingli Zou: Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin
Li Ji: Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin
Jianbang Ge: Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin
Donald R. Sadoway: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edward T. Yu: Microelectronics Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Allen J. Bard: Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13065-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The photovoltaics market has been dominated by crystalline silicon solar cells despite the high cost of the silicon wafers. Here Zou et al. develop a one-step electrodeposition process in molten salt to produce high-purity solar-grade silicon films, delivering power conversion efficiency of 3.1%.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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