Improvement in the Transport of Charge Carriers in Tunnel Junctions of Silicon-Based Thin Film Tandem Solar Cells

Ming Ji Shi; Xin Feng Guo; Sheng Zhao Wang; Lan Li Chen

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.159.137

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Improvement in the Transport of Charge Carriers in Tunnel Junctions of Silicon-Based Thin Film Tandem Solar Cells

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We report new results on a tunneling junction for tandem solar cells using a nano-structured amorphous silicon p⁺ layer (na-Si p⁺) as the recombination layer inserted between the n layer and the p layer. Devices were characterized by their dark current-voltage behavior (I-V), activation energy (E_a) and quantum efficiency (QE). The result shows that the tunnel junction with a na-Si p⁺ insertion layer has higher recombination rates with higher density of defect states of about 2.7×10¹⁹cm^-3 , lower resistance with activation energy of 22meV. The tunnel junction with a na-Si p⁺ insertion layer could be easily integrated into the tandem solar cell deposition process.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 159)

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Ming Ji Shi, Xin Feng Guo, Sheng Zhao Wang, Lan Li Chen

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PECVD, Recombination Rates, Tandem Solar Cells, Tunnel Junction

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