This paper investigates several pretreatment techniques used to reduce the phosphorus contamination between solar cells. They include hydrogen plasma pretreatment, deposition of a p-type doped layer, i-a-Si:H or μc...This paper investigates several pretreatment techniques used to reduce the phosphorus contamination between solar cells. They include hydrogen plasma pretreatment, deposition of a p-type doped layer, i-a-Si:H or μc-Si:H covering layer between solar cells. Their effectiveness for the pretreatment is evaluated by means of phosphorus concentration in films, the dark conductivity of p-layer properties and cell performance.展开更多
We report on the development of single chamber deposition of microcrystalline and micromorph tandem solar cells directly onto low-cost glass substrates. The cells have pin single-junction or pin/pin double-junction st...We report on the development of single chamber deposition of microcrystalline and micromorph tandem solar cells directly onto low-cost glass substrates. The cells have pin single-junction or pin/pin double-junction structures on glass substrates coated with a transparent conductive oxide layer such as SnO2 or ZnO. By controlling boron and phosphorus contaminations, a single-junction microcrystalline silicon cell with a conversion efficiency of 7.47% is achieved with an i-layer thickness of 1.2 μm. In tandem devices, by thickness optimization of the microcrystalline silicon bottom solar cell, we obtained an initial conversion efficiency of 9.91% with an aluminum (Al) back reflector without a dielectric layer. In order to enhance the performance of the tandem solar cells, an improved light trapping structure with a ZnO/Al back reflector is used. As a result, a tandem solar cell with 11.04% of initial conversion efficiency has been obtained.展开更多
This paper studies boron contamination at the interface between the p and i layers of μc-Si:H solar cells deposited in a single-chamber PECVD system. The boron depth profile in the i layer was measured by Secondary ...This paper studies boron contamination at the interface between the p and i layers of μc-Si:H solar cells deposited in a single-chamber PECVD system. The boron depth profile in the i layer was measured by Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy. It is found that the mixed-phase μc-Si:H materials with 40% crystalline volume fraction is easy to be affected by the residual boron in the reactor. The experimental results showed that a 500-nm thick μc-Si:H covering layer or a 30-seconds of hydrogen plasma treatment can effectively reduce the boron contamination at the p/i interface. However, from viewpoint of cost reduction, the hydrogen plasma treatment is desirable for solar cell manufacture because the substrate is not moved during the hydrogen plasma treatment.展开更多
This paper compared the degradation efficiency of sludge organic matters and electric-production by two typical microbial fuel cells——dual-chamber microbial fuel cell(DMFC)and single chamber air cathode microbial fu...This paper compared the degradation efficiency of sludge organic matters and electric-production by two typical microbial fuel cells——dual-chamber microbial fuel cell(DMFC)and single chamber air cathode microbial fuel cell(SAMFC),and the variations of sludge protein,polysaccharide and ammonia nitrogen within the systems were also investigated.The results showed that the concentration of sludge soluble chemical oxygen demand,protein and carbohydrate of DMFC are higher than these of SAMFC during the systems operation,while DMFC can achieve a better ammonia nitrogen removal than SAMFC.Under the same operation condition,the stable voltage output of DMFC and SAMFC is 0.61 V and 0.37 V;the maximum power density of DMFC and SAMFC is 2.79 W/m3and 1.25 W/m3;TCOD removal efficiency of DMFC and SAMFC is 34.14%and 28.63%for 12 d,respectively.Meanwhile,DMFC has a higher coulomb efficiency than SAMFC,but both are less than5%.The results showed that DMFC present a better performance on sludge degradation and electric-production.展开更多
Over half of century,sanitary landfill was and is still the most economical treatment strategy for solid waste disposal,but the environmental risks associated with the leachate have brought attention of scientists for...Over half of century,sanitary landfill was and is still the most economical treatment strategy for solid waste disposal,but the environmental risks associated with the leachate have brought attention of scientists for its proper treatment to avoid surface and ground water deterioration.Most of the treatment technologies are energy-negative and cost intensive processes,which are unable to meet current environmental regulations.There are continuous demands of alternatives concomitant with positive energy and high effluent quality.Microbial fuel cells(MFCs)were launched in the last two decades as a potential treatment technology with bioelectricity generation accompanied with simultaneous carbon and nutrient removal.This study reviews capability and mechanisms of carbon,nitrogen and phosphorous removal from landfill leachate through MFC technology,as well as summarizes and discusses the recent advances of standalone and hybrid MFCs performances in landfill leachate(LFL)treatment.Recent improvements and synergetic effect of hybrid MFC technology upon the increasing of power densities,organic and nutrient removal,and future challenges were discussed in details.展开更多
基金supported by Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos.2007AA05Z436 and 2009AA050602)Science and Technology Support Project of Tianjin of China (Grant No.08ZCKFGX03500)+3 种基金National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos.2006CB202602 and 2006CB202603)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.60976051)International Cooperation Project between China-Greece Government (Grant Nos.2006DFA62390 and 2009DFA62580)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (Grant No.NCET-08-0295)
文摘This paper investigates several pretreatment techniques used to reduce the phosphorus contamination between solar cells. They include hydrogen plasma pretreatment, deposition of a p-type doped layer, i-a-Si:H or μc-Si:H covering layer between solar cells. Their effectiveness for the pretreatment is evaluated by means of phosphorus concentration in films, the dark conductivity of p-layer properties and cell performance.
基金supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2007AA05Z436 and 2009AA050602)the Science and Technology Support Project of Tianjin (Grant No. 08ZCKFGX03500)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60976051)the International Cooperation Project between China–Greece Government (GrantNo. 2009DFA62580)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (NCET-08-0295)
文摘We report on the development of single chamber deposition of microcrystalline and micromorph tandem solar cells directly onto low-cost glass substrates. The cells have pin single-junction or pin/pin double-junction structures on glass substrates coated with a transparent conductive oxide layer such as SnO2 or ZnO. By controlling boron and phosphorus contaminations, a single-junction microcrystalline silicon cell with a conversion efficiency of 7.47% is achieved with an i-layer thickness of 1.2 μm. In tandem devices, by thickness optimization of the microcrystalline silicon bottom solar cell, we obtained an initial conversion efficiency of 9.91% with an aluminum (Al) back reflector without a dielectric layer. In order to enhance the performance of the tandem solar cells, an improved light trapping structure with a ZnO/Al back reflector is used. As a result, a tandem solar cell with 11.04% of initial conversion efficiency has been obtained.
基金Project supported by Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant No 2007AA05Z436)Science and Technology Support Project of Tianjin (Grant No 08ZCKFGX03500)+4 种基金National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos 2006CB202602 and 2006CB202603)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 60506003)Starting Project of Nankai University (Grant No J02031)International Cooperation Project Between China-Greece Government (Grant No 2006DFA62390)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (NCET)
文摘This paper studies boron contamination at the interface between the p and i layers of μc-Si:H solar cells deposited in a single-chamber PECVD system. The boron depth profile in the i layer was measured by Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy. It is found that the mixed-phase μc-Si:H materials with 40% crystalline volume fraction is easy to be affected by the residual boron in the reactor. The experimental results showed that a 500-nm thick μc-Si:H covering layer or a 30-seconds of hydrogen plasma treatment can effectively reduce the boron contamination at the p/i interface. However, from viewpoint of cost reduction, the hydrogen plasma treatment is desirable for solar cell manufacture because the substrate is not moved during the hydrogen plasma treatment.
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Key Foundation of China(Grant No.51206036)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.HIT.NSRIF.201192)+1 种基金State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentHarbin Institute of Technology(Grant No.2013DX04)
文摘This paper compared the degradation efficiency of sludge organic matters and electric-production by two typical microbial fuel cells——dual-chamber microbial fuel cell(DMFC)and single chamber air cathode microbial fuel cell(SAMFC),and the variations of sludge protein,polysaccharide and ammonia nitrogen within the systems were also investigated.The results showed that the concentration of sludge soluble chemical oxygen demand,protein and carbohydrate of DMFC are higher than these of SAMFC during the systems operation,while DMFC can achieve a better ammonia nitrogen removal than SAMFC.Under the same operation condition,the stable voltage output of DMFC and SAMFC is 0.61 V and 0.37 V;the maximum power density of DMFC and SAMFC is 2.79 W/m3and 1.25 W/m3;TCOD removal efficiency of DMFC and SAMFC is 34.14%and 28.63%for 12 d,respectively.Meanwhile,DMFC has a higher coulomb efficiency than SAMFC,but both are less than5%.The results showed that DMFC present a better performance on sludge degradation and electric-production.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018YFD1100604)the China Scholarship Council grant (CSC No. 2018GBJ008465)。
文摘Over half of century,sanitary landfill was and is still the most economical treatment strategy for solid waste disposal,but the environmental risks associated with the leachate have brought attention of scientists for its proper treatment to avoid surface and ground water deterioration.Most of the treatment technologies are energy-negative and cost intensive processes,which are unable to meet current environmental regulations.There are continuous demands of alternatives concomitant with positive energy and high effluent quality.Microbial fuel cells(MFCs)were launched in the last two decades as a potential treatment technology with bioelectricity generation accompanied with simultaneous carbon and nutrient removal.This study reviews capability and mechanisms of carbon,nitrogen and phosphorous removal from landfill leachate through MFC technology,as well as summarizes and discusses the recent advances of standalone and hybrid MFCs performances in landfill leachate(LFL)treatment.Recent improvements and synergetic effect of hybrid MFC technology upon the increasing of power densities,organic and nutrient removal,and future challenges were discussed in details.