Effect of p-μc-Si1−xOx:H layer on performance of hetero-junction microcrystalline silicon solar cells under light concentration

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Preparation of p-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide thin films (p-mc-Si1-xOx:H) by 13.56 MHz RF-PECVD method for use as a p-layer of hetero-junction mc-Si:H solar cells is presented. We investigated effects of wide-gap p-mc-Si1-xOx:H layer on the performance of hetero-junction mc-Si:H solar cells under various light intensity. We observed that a wide-gap p-mc-Si1-xOx:H was effective in improving the open-circuit voltage (Voc) of the solar cells. We also confirmed that the Voc logarithmically increased with increasing light intensity, and the enhancement of Voc became larger with increasing band gap of p-layer. These results indicate that wide-gap p-mc-Si1-xOx:H is a promising material for use as window layer in hetero-junction mc-Si:H solar cells.

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