Carrier Lifetime Measurements for a Solar Cell

2013 ◽  
pp. 112-122
Author(s):  
Chetan S. Solanki ◽  
Brij M. Arora ◽  
Juzer Vasi ◽  
Mahesh B. Patil
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Carrier Lifetime ◽  
Lifetime Measurements

scholarly journals Numerical Investigation of Graphene as a Back Surface Field Layer on the Performance of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 3275
Author(s):  
Devendra KC ◽  
Deb Kumar Shah ◽  
M. Shaheer Akhtar ◽  
Mira Park ◽  
Chong Yeal Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Doping Concentration ◽  
Carrier Lifetime ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Back Surface Field ◽  
Cdte Solar Cell ◽  
Cdte Solar Cells ◽  
Surface Field

This paper numerically explores the possibility of ultrathin layering and high efficiency of graphene as a back surface field (BSF) based on a CdTe solar cell by Personal computer one-dimensional (PC1D) simulation. CdTe solar cells have been characterized and studied by varying the carrier lifetime, doping concentration, thickness, and bandgap of the graphene layer. With simulation results, the highest short-circuit current (Isc = 2.09 A), power conversion efficiency (h = 15%), and quantum efficiency (QE ~ 85%) were achieved at a carrier lifetime of 1 × 103 ms and a doping concentration of 1 × 1017 cm−3 of graphene as a BSF layer-based CdTe solar cell. The thickness of the graphene BSF layer (1 mm) was proven the ultrathin, optimal, and obtainable for the fabrication of high-performance CdTe solar cells, confirming the suitability of graphene material as a BSF. This simulation confirmed that a CdTe solar cell with the proposed graphene as the BSF layer might be highly efficient with optimized parameters for fabrication.

scholarly journals Decoupling bulk and surface recombination properties in silicon by depth-dependent carrier lifetime measurements

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (25) ◽  
pp. 252105
Author(s):  
K. Yokoyama ◽  
J. S. Lord ◽  
J. Miao ◽  
P. Murahari ◽  
A. J. Drew
Keyword(s):  
Carrier Lifetime ◽  
Surface Recombination ◽  
Lifetime Measurements

Microscopic FCA System for Depth-Resolved Carrier Lifetime Measurement in SiC

2018 ◽  
Vol 924 ◽  
pp. 269-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Mae ◽  
Takeshi Tawara ◽  
Hidekazu Tsuchida ◽  
Masashi Kato
Keyword(s):  
Carrier Lifetime ◽  
Laser Light ◽  
Probe Laser ◽  
Free Carrier Absorption ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lifetime Measurements ◽  
Control Distribution ◽  
System A ◽  
Excitation Laser ◽  
Carrier Absorption

For high voltage SiC bipolar devices, carrier lifetime is an important parameter, and for optimization of device performance, we need to control distribution of the carrier lifetime in a wafer. So far, there have been limited systems for depth-resolved carrier lifetime measurements without cross sectional cut. In this study, we adopted a free carrier absorption technique and made local overlapping of the probe laser light with excitation laser light to develop depth-resolved carrier lifetime measurements. We named the developed system a microscopic FCA system and demonstrated measurement results for samples with and without intentional carrier lifetime distribution.

Carrier Lifetime Measurements by Photoconductance at Low Temperature on Passivated Crystalline Silicon Wafers

2013 ◽  
Vol 1536 ◽  
pp. 119-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Courtois ◽  
Bastien Bruneau ◽  
Igor P. Sobkowicz ◽  
Antoine Salomon ◽  
Pere Roca i Cabarrocas
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Electron Mobility ◽  
Carrier Density ◽  
Carrier Lifetime ◽  
Minority Carrier ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Wafers ◽  
Doping Density ◽  
Lifetime Measurements ◽  
Effective Lifetime

ABSTRACTWe propose an implementation of the PCD technique to minority carrier effective lifetime assessment in crystalline silicon at 77K. We focus here on (n)-type, FZ, polished wafers passivated by a-Si:H deposited by PECVD at 200°C. The samples were immersed into liquid N2 contained in a beaker placed on a Sinton lifetime tester. Prior to be converted into lifetimes, data were corrected for the height shift induced by the beaker. One issue lied in obtaining the sum of carrier mobilities at 77K. From dark conductance measurements performed on the lifetime tester, we extracted an electron mobility of 1.1x104 cm².V-1.s-1 at 77K, the doping density being independently calculated in order to account for the freezing effect of dopants. This way, we could obtain lifetime curves with respect to the carrier density. Effective lifetimes obtained at 77K proved to be significantly lower than at RT and not to depend upon the doping of the a-Si:H layers. We were also able to experimentally verify the expected rise in the implied Voc, which, on symmetrically passivated wafers, went up from 0.72V at RT to 1.04V at 77K under 1 sun equivalent illumination.

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