Effect of wet textured glass surface morphology on the haze ratio and aspect ratio for amorphous silicon thin film solar cells

The impact of controlling the aspect ratio variation on glass substrate for a p-i-n a-Si:H solar cell was investigated and reported. Compared to a flat glass substrate (Corning Eagle XG), we demonstrate an increase of haze ratio from 1% to 79.1%, and an increment in the aspect ratio from 0.1 to 1.16, which is an increase to a high slope angle, using wet chemical etching. Optical transmittance measurements show a major improvement of from 92% to 96% for a wavelength of between 300 and 1100 nm, compared to the reference flat glass. A p-i-n a-Si:H solar cell was simulated using Advanced Semiconductor Analysis simulation based on these haze ratio and aspect ratio results, and yielded an increase in short-circuit current density (Jsc) from 15.38 to 18.74 mA/cm2, as the aspect ratio was increased from 0.1 to 0.84.

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