An Investigation of High Performance Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cell Based on n-type Si Substrate

Authors N. Memarian, M. Minbashi, M. Jalali Mehrabad
Affiliations

Faculty of Physics, Semnan University, 35131-19111 Semnan, Iran

Е-mail n.memarian@semnan.ac.ir
Issue Volume 8, Year 2016, Number 4
Dates Received 28 July 2016; published online 23 December 2016
Citation N. Memarian, M. Minbashi, M. Jalali Mehrabad, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 8 No 4(2), 04058 (2016)
DOI 10.21272/jnep.8(4(2)).04058
PACS Number(s) 73.40.Lq, 78.20.Bh, 84.60.Jt
Keywords Heterojunction silicon solar cell, Numerical simulation (4) , AMPS-1D (10) , Work function optimization.
Annotation In this study, high efficient heterojunction crystalline silicon solar cells without using an intrinsic layer were systematically investigated. The effect of various parameters such as work function of transparent conductive oxide (ϕTCO), density of interface defects, emitter and crystalline silicon thickness on heterojunction silicon solar cell performance was studied. In addition, the effect of band bending and internal electric field on solar cell performance together with the dependency of cell performance on work function and reflectance of the back contact were investigated in full details. The optimum values of the solar cell properties for the highest efficiency are presented based on the results of the current study. The results represent a complete set of optimum values for a heterojunction solar cell with high efficiency up to the 24.1 % with VOC  0.87 V and JSC  32.69 mAcm – 2.

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