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Title: | Silicon Heterojunction Cells with Improved Spectral Response Using n-type mu c-Si from a Novel PECVD Approach | Authors: | Smirnov, Yury Bearda, Twan Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan Filipic, Miha Cho, Jinyoun Xu, Menglei Jambaldinni, Shruti Razzaq, Arsalan Uddin, M. D. Gius Van Nieuwenhuysen, Kris GORDON, Ivan Debucquoy, Maarten Abdulraheem, Yaser Vasil'evskii, Ivan POORTMANS, Jef |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Publisher: | AMER INST PHYSICS | Source: | Ballif, C Brendel, R Glunz, S Hahn, G Poortmans, J Ribeyron, PJ Weeber, A (Ed.). SILICONPV 2018: THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRYSTALLINE SILICON PHOTOVOLTAICS, AMER INST PHYSICS, (Art N° UNSP 040020) | Series/Report: | AIP Conference Proceedings | Abstract: | One of the promising ways to increase the efficiency of silicon heterojunction (SHJ) cells is to replace the doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) contact layer by doped hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (mu c-Si:H) which has better suited opto-electrical properties. In this work, we report on the development of a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition process for mu c-Si:H. We demonstrate an n-type mu c-Si:H layer with high crystalline fraction and low parasitic absorption. The developed layer is implemented as the front electron contact of a SHJ cell. A significant improvement in J(sc) of 0.9 mA/cm(2) is achieved on device level while maintaining high V-OC values (> 725 mV), leading to an efficiency of 20.6% for the best cell. Cell efficiency is limited by a decreased FF which is attributed to the increased sensitivity of mu c-Si:H layers to ITO sputtering damage. | Notes: | [Smirnov, Yury; Bearda, Twan; Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan; Filipic, Miha; Cho, Jinyoun; Xu, Menglei; Jambaldinni, Shruti; Razzaq, Arsalan; Uddin, M. D. Gius; Van Nieuwenhuysen, Kris; Gordon, Ivan; Debucquoy, Maarten; Poortmans, Jef] IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium. [Smirnov, Yury; Vasil'evskii, Ivan] Natl Res Nucl Univ MEPhI, Kashirskoe Shosse 31, Moscow 115409, Russia. [Cho, Jinyoun; Razzaq, Arsalan; Poortmans, Jef] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Kasteelpk Arenberg 10, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium. [Abdulraheem, Yaser] Kuwait Univ, POB 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait. [Poortmans, Jef] Hasselt Univ, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/28897 | ISBN: | 9780735417151 | DOI: | 10.1063/1.5049283 | ISI #: | 000460931400044 | Rights: | 2018 Author(s) | Category: | C1 | Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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