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Title: | Comparing n- and p-type polycrystalline silicon absorbers in thin-film solar cells | Authors: | DECKERS, Jasper BOURGEOIS, Emilie Jivanescu, M. Abass, A. Van Gestel, D. Van Nieuwenhuysen, K. Douhard, B. D'HAEN, Jan NESLADEK, Milos MANCA, Jean GORDON, Ivan Bender, Hugo Stesmans, A. Mertens, Robert POORTMANS, Jef |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA | Source: | THIN SOLID FILMS, 579, p. 144-152 | Abstract: | We have investigated fine grained polycrystalline silicon thin films grown by direct chemical vapor deposition on oxidized silicon substrates. More specifically, we analyze the influence of the doping type on the properties of this model polycrystalline silicon material. This includes an investigation of defect passivation and benchmarking of minority carrier properties. In our investigation, we use a variety of characterization techniques to probe the properties of the investigated polycrystalline silicon thin films, including Fourier Transform Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Electron Spin Resonance, Conductivity Activation, and Suns-Voc measurements. Amphoteric silicon dangling bond defects are identified as the most prominent defect type present in these layers. They are the primary recombination center in the relatively lowly doped polysilicon thin films at the heart of the current investigation. In contrast with the case of solar cells based on Czochralski silicon or multicrystalline silicon wafers, we conclude that no benefit is found to be associated with the use of n-type dopants over p-type dopants in the active absorber of the investigated polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | Notes: | [Deckers, J.; Van Gestel, D.; Van Nieuwenhuysen, K.; Douhard, B.; Gordon, I.; Bender, H.; Mertens, R.; Poortmans, J.] IMEC, B-3001 Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium. [Deckers, J.; Mertens, R.; Poortmans, J.] Katholieke Univ Leuven, ESAT, B-3001 Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium. [Bourgeois, E.; D'Haen, J.; Nesladek, M.; Manca, J.] Hasselt Univ, Inst Mat Res IMO, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Jivanescu, M.; Stesmans, A.] Univ Leuven, Dept Phys & Astron, B-3001 Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium. [Abass, A.] Univ Ghent, IMEC, Photon Res Grp INTEC, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. [Bourgeois, E.; D'Haen, J.; Nesladek, M.; Manca, J.] IMEC VZW, IMOMEC, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | Keywords: | n-Type silicon; Polycrystalline silicon; Thin films; Solar cells; Dangling bonds; Recombination;n-Type silicon; polycrystalline silicon; thin films; solar cells; dangling bonds; recombination | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/18847 | ISSN: | 0040-6090 | e-ISSN: | 1879-2731 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.02.058 | ISI #: | 000352219700023 | Rights: | © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2016 |
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