Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5005847 | Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Solar cells consist of n-Si wafer and p-Si polycrystalline thin film, which was solely fabricated by magnetron sputtering, and aluminium induced crystallization, are presented in this paper. Firstly, the material and electrical properties of the fabricated p-Si thin films including the crystallization ratio, grain size, morphology, carrier density and mobility were studied by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and Hall Effect measurement, respectively. The p-Si polycrystalline thin film formed under optimal process conditions had the crystallization ratio of ~ 99% and the grain size of ~ 64.6 nm, determined from the data of Raman spectroscopy and XRD. The hole concentration in the fabricated p-Si polycrystalline thin films was mainly in the order of 1017 cmâ3 to 1019 cmâ3, and their corresponding mobility values ranged from 15 cm2/V s to 65 cm2/V s. Then solar cells with the device structure of Al electrode/n-Si wafer/p-Si thin film/Al electrode were fabricated, and their electrical properties were measured both under dark and illumination conditions by the semiconductor performance tester and solar simulator. The measured J-V curves under dark condition confirmed the creation of a p-n junction with the ideality factor of 1.55, rectification ratio of 410 at ± 1 V, and the reverse saturation current of 246 nA/cm2. The efficiency of 2.19%, with an open circuit voltage of 448 mV and a short circuit current density of 11.2 mA/cm2, was achieved under AM1.5G standard illuminations.
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Authors
Omid Shekoofa, Jian Wang, Dejie Li, Yi Luo, Changzheng Sun, Zhibiao Hao, Yanjun Han, Bing Xiong, Lai Wang, Hongtao Li,