標題: Effect of ALD-Al2O3 Passivated Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattices on p/i/n(+) Solar Cells
作者: Rahman, Mohammad Maksudur
Tsai, Yi-Chia
Lee, Ming-Yi
Higo, Akio
Li, Yiming
Hoshi, Yusuke
Usami, Noritaka
Samukawa, Seiji
電機工程學系
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
關鍵字: Passivation;silicon quantum dot super lattice (Si QDSL);Si/SiC heterostructure;solar cell
公開日期: 1-Jul-2017
摘要: The photovoltaic (PV) nature of the silicon (Si) quantum dot super lattice (QDSL) is studied with an atomic-layer-deposited aluminum oxide film (ALD-Al2O3) and a conventional sputtered-grown amorphous silicon carbide film (a-SiC). The QDSL structures act as an intermediate layer in a p/i/n(+) Si solar cell. The QDSL consists of 4-nm Si on 2-nm SiC nanodisks (NDs) arrayed in an ALD-Al2O3 and a-SiC passivation matrix. Formation of Si-NDs was confirmed by bright field scanning transmission electron microscope. A significant PV response in generating a high photocurrent density J(sc) of 30.15mA/cm(2), open circuit voltage V-oc of 0.50 V, fill factor FF of 0.61, and efficiency. of 9.12% was observed in ALD-Al2O3/QDSL solar cell with respect to a-SiC/QDSL solar cell with J(sc) of 26.94 mA/cm(2), V-oc of 0.50 V, FF of 0.47, and eta of 6.42%. A wide range of photo-carrier transports by the ALD-Al2O3/QDSL structure is possible in the external quantum efficiency spectra with respect to a-SiC/QDSL solar cell. The enhanced PV performance of the QD solar cells was clarified in terms of simulating the absorption contributions for all possible transitions in the nanostructure with different passivation films.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2017.2704294
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/145637
ISSN: 0018-9383
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2017.2704294
期刊: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
Volume: 64
起始頁: 2886
結束頁: 2892
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