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Amorphous SiGe:H Thin Film Solar Cells with Light Absorbing Layers of Graded Bandgap Profile
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- Authors
- Sun Jin Yun, Jun Kwan Kim, Jung Wook Lim
- Issue Date
- 2011-12
- Citation
- Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, v.15, no.2, pp.B9-B12
- ISSN
- 1099-0062
- Publisher
- Electrochemical Society (ECS)
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Amorphous SiGe:H (a-SiGe:H) single junction solar cells having light absorbing layers with different Ge profiles were fabricated to investigate the effects of the Ge composition profiles on the solar cell performance. The structures of a-SiGe:H layers were characterized by (a) a constant Ge composition (18%), (b) a stepwise Ge composition, (c) a gradually decreased Ge composition profile (18 ~ 0%), and (d) a complex Ge profile, respectively. The cell performances were compared on the bases of current density - voltage characteristics curves and external quantum efficiency. Among the samples, cell (c) with a gradually decreased Ge profile showed the best performance. © 2011 The Electrochemical Society.
- KSP Keywords
- Absorbing layer, Best performance, Composition profiles, External Quantum Efficiency, Ge profiles, Single junction solar cells, Solar cell performance, Thin film solar cells, a-SiGe:H, characteristics curves, current density