Connecting TCAD To Tapeout A Journal for Process and Device Engineers Third Generation Solar Cell Technologies:

Solar cells are experiencing a surge in activity due to concerns about sustainability of nonrenewable resources and the negative impacts of global warming due to human activity. In order to be competitive with other energy sources, developers of solar cells see an impetus to both increase efficiencies and reduce costs. Much work has recently gone into the development of the so called second generation technologies. These technologies focus on reduced production costs mainly by relying on thin film materials such as amorphous silicon and CIGS. Emerging third generation technologies are targeting improving the efficiencies of firs