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Dark I-VCharacteristics and Carrier Transport Mechanism in Nano-Crystalline Silicon Thin Film/Crystalline Silicon Hetero-Junction Solar Cells

Liu Fengzhen, Cui Jiedong, Zhang Qunfang, Zhu Meifang and Zhou Yuqin

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Abstract: N nc-Si/c-Si heterojunction solar cells were prepared with the hot-wire chemical vapor deposition technique.The dark I-V characteristics of the cells with different atomic hydrogen treatments on the c-Si surface were measured.At room temperature,the I-Vcurves were fitted by a two-diode model in which four different voltage regions were recognized:the shunt resistance (V<0.15),nonideal diode (0.15<V<0.3V),ideal diode (0.3<V<0.5V),and series resistance (V>0.5V) regions.The modeled results show that the ideality factor of the nonideal diode (n2) is decreased by a suitable atomic hydrogen treatment of 30s,indicating a lower recombination current and a better interface property.The dark I-V characteristics in the temperature range of 282~335K indicate that in the lower voltage range of 0.15~0.3V,the dark current mainly originates from the recombination current in the depletion region.In the 0.3~0.5V range,the tunneling process dominates in the transport mechanism,which can be described by an interfacial tunneling process through the interface states.

Key words: nano-crystalline silicon thin filmhetero-junction solar celldark I-V characteristicstransport mechanism

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      Liu Fengzhen, Cui Jiedong, Zhang Qunfang, Zhu Meifang, Zhou Yuqin. Dark I-VCharacteristics and Carrier Transport Mechanism in Nano-Crystalline Silicon Thin Film/Crystalline Silicon Hetero-Junction Solar Cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2008, 29(3): 549-553. ****Liu F Z, Cui J D, Zhang Q F, Zhu M F, Zhou Y Q. Dark I-VCharacteristics and Carrier Transport Mechanism in Nano-Crystalline Silicon Thin Film/Crystalline Silicon Hetero-Junction Solar Cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2008, 29(3): 549.
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      Liu F Z, Cui J D, Zhang Q F, Zhu M F, Zhou Y Q. Dark I-VCharacteristics and Carrier Transport Mechanism in Nano-Crystalline Silicon Thin Film/Crystalline Silicon Hetero-Junction Solar Cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2008, 29(3): 549.

      Dark I-VCharacteristics and Carrier Transport Mechanism in Nano-Crystalline Silicon Thin Film/Crystalline Silicon Hetero-Junction Solar Cells

      • Received Date: 2015-08-18
      • Accepted Date: 2007-06-22
      • Revised Date: 2007-10-31
      • Published Date: 2008-02-28

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