Recombination and resistive losses at ZnO /a-Si:H/c-Si interfaces in heterojunction back contacts for Si solar cells
Recombination and resistive losses at ZnO /a-Si:H/c-Si interfaces in heterojunction back contacts for Si solar cells
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硅太阳能电池异质结背接触中 ZnO /a-Si:H/c-Si 界面的复合和电阻损耗
DOI:
10.1063/1.2803749
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
U. Rau
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作者:
F. Einsele;P. Rostan;M. Schubert;U. Rau
We investigate resistive losses at p-type crystalline Si∕hydrogen passivated Si:H∕ZnO:Al heterojunction back contacts for high efficiency silicon solar cells. A low tunneling resistance for the (p-type) Si:H∕(n-type) ZnO part of the junction requires deposition of Si:H with a high hydrogen dilution rate RH>40 resulting in a highly doped microcrystalline (μc) Si:H layer. Such a μc‐Si:H layer if deposited directly on a Si wafer yields a surface recombination velocity of S≈180cm∕s. Using the same layer as part of a (p-type) c‐Si∕Si:H∕ZnO:Al back contact in a solar cell results in an open circuit voltage VOC=640mV and a fill factor FF=80%. Insertion of an undoped amorphous (i) a‐Si:H layer between the μc‐Si:H and the wafer leads to a further decrease of S and, for the solar cells, to an increase of VOC. However, if the thickness of this intrinsic layer exceeds a threshold value of 4–5nm, resistive losses degrade the fill factor FF of the solar cells. Temperature dependent measurements of the contact resistanc...