Table 5
Cumulative improvement of the solar cell output parameters by improving various device and material parameters. The parameter that is improved at each stage leading to a higher efficiency, is given in bold italics.
| Different solar | Jsc | Voc | FF | Efficiency |
| cell input parameters | (mA cm-2) | (V) | (%) | |
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| Cell deposited experimentally (2.4 μm | 16.60 | 0.546 | 0.77 | 7.00 |
| epi-Si layer) – all flat interfaces | ||||
| Model results for the above cell | 16.63 | 0.547 | 0.778 | 7.07 |
| Epitaxial layer thickness = 5 μm | 20.35 | 0.549 | 0.767 | 8.57 |
| Nss, back reduced to 5 × 1011 cm-2 | 20.36 | 0.580 | 0.747 | 8.83 |
| N-a-Si:H/epi-Si interface textured | 25.53 | 0.589 | 0.750 | 11.27 |
| Both top & bottom of epi-Si textured | 29.21 | 0.594 | 0.750 | 13.02 |
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