III-Nitride/Si Tandem Solar Cell for High Spectral Response: Key Attributes of Auto-tunneling Mechanisms
Source abstract
Abstract
The key attributes of double hetero junction tandem solar cell based on III-Nitride alloys and silicon is investigated thoroughly. GaN/InGaN/GaN based tandem solar cells are predicting impressive efficiency, however due to its high cost; it is far from immediate implementation. Hence, an attempt is made to realize GaN/InGaN on crystalline silicon(c-Si) substrate that results in high spectral efficiency and cost effectiveness. The proposed multi-junction tandem solar cell consists of a GaN layer, intrinsic-InxGa1−xN (i-InGaN), tandem InxGa1−xN (t-InGaN) upon crystalline p-silicon and n-silicon layers. Energy band diagrams, current-voltage curve, power graph, electric field and potential graphs are explored using TCAD tool. Additionally, key parameters such as ’In’ content, thickness of layers, absorption coefficients, polarization charges are optimized. A remarkable conversion efficiency of 25.6% and 26.1% are achieved with & without polarization effect, respectively and became a potential candidate for next-generation photovoltaics applications.
Source: openaire · Quality: candidate unverified · Source record ↗
Research context
OpenAlex topics: GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials · Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
References (28)
Show source-provided references
1. Green MA, Hishikawa Y, Dunlop ED, Levi DH, Hohl-Ebinger J, Ho-Baillie AWY (2018) Solar cell efficiency tables (version 52). Progress in Photovoltaics:, Research and Applications 26(7):427–43610.1002/pip.3040 ↗
2. Carlson DE, Wronski CR (1976) Amorphous silicon solar cell. Appl Phys Lett 28(11):671–67310.1063/1.88617 ↗
3. Goetzberger A, Knobloch J, Voss B (1998) Crystalline silicon solar cells. New York, pp 114–118
4. El-Huni W, Migan A, Alamarguy D, Djebbour Z (2017) Modeling of ingan/si tandem cells: comparison between 2-contacts/4-contacts. EPJ Photovoltaics 8:8550210.1051/epjpv/2017003 ↗
5. King RR, Law DC, Edmondson KM, Fetzer CM, Kinsey GS, Yoon H, Sherif RA, Karam NH (2007) 40% efficient metamorphic gainp/ gainas/ ge multijunction solar cells. Appl Phys Lett 90(18):18351610.1063/1.2734507 ↗
6. King RR, Haddad M, Isshiki T, Colter P, Ermer J, Yoon H, Joslin DE, Karam NH (2000) Metamorphic gainp/gainas/ge solar cells. In: Conference Record of the Twenty-eighth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference-2000 (cat. no. 00CH37036), pp 982–985. IEEE
7. Mohammad NS, Morkoç H (1996) Progress and prospects of group-iii nitride semiconductors. Prog Quant Electron 20(5-6):361–52510.1016/S0079-6727(96)00002-X ↗
8. Wierer JJ Jr, David A, Megens MM (2009) Iii-nitride photonic-crystal light-emitting diodes with high extraction efficiency. Nat Photonics 3(3):16310.1038/nphoton.2009.21 ↗
9. Lingrong J, Jianping L, Aiqin T, Yang C, Zengcheng L, Liqun Z, Shuming Z, Deyao L, Ikeda M, Hui Y (2016) Gan-based green laser diodes. J Semicond 37(11):11100110.1088/1674-4926/37/11/111001 ↗
10. Jani O, Ferguson I, Honsberg C, Kurtz S (2007) Design and characterization of ga n/ in ga n solar cells. Appl Phys Lett 91(13):13211710.1063/1.2793180 ↗
11. Bhuiyan AG, Sugita K, Hashimoto A, Yamamoto A (2012) Ingan solar cells: present state of the art and important challenges. IEEE J Photovolt 2(3):276–29310.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2193384 ↗
12. Nawaz M, Ahmad A (2012) A tcad-based modeling of gan/ingan/si solar cells. Semicond Sci Tech 27 (3):03501910.1088/0268-1242/27/3/035019 ↗
13. Routray S, Lenka TR (2018) Polarization charges in a high-performance gan/ingan core/shell multiple quantum well nanowire for solar energy harvesting. IEEE Trans Nanotechnol 17(6):1118–112410.1109/TNANO.2018.2848287 ↗
14. Hsu L, Walukiewicz W (2008) Modeling of ingan/si tandem solar cells. J Appl Phys 104(2):02450710.1063/1.2952031 ↗
15. Reichertz LA, Gherasoiu I, Yu KM, Kao VM, Walukiewicz W, Ager JW III (2009) Demonstration of a iii–nitride/silicon tandem solar cell. Appl Phys Express 2(12):12220210.1143/APEX.2.122202 ↗
16. Lin LJH, Chiou YP (2015) Optical design of gan/ingan/csi tandem solar cells with triangular diffraction grating. Optic Express 23(11):614–62410.1364/OE.23.00A614 ↗
17. Liou BW (2009) High photovoltaic efficiency of inxga1-xn/gan-based solar cells with a multiple-quantum-well structure on sicn/si (111) substrates. Japanese J Appl Phys 48(7R):07220110.1143/JJAP.48.072201 ↗
18. Baldomero G Jr (2007) Indium gallium nitride multijunction solar cell simulation using silvaco atlas. Technical report, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
19. ATLAS User?s Manual. Silvaco. Santa Clara, CA, 2010
20. Wang H-W, Yu P, Wu Y-R, Kuo H-C, Chang EY, Lin S-H (2013) Projected efficiency of polarization-matched p-ingan/i-ingan/n-gan doubleheterojunction solar cells. IEEE J Photovolt 3(3):985–99010.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2252953 ↗
21. Bernardini F, Fiorentini V, Vanderbilt D (1997) Spontaneous polarization and piezoelectric constants of iii-v nitrides. Phys Rev B 56(16):R1002410.1103/PhysRevB.56.R10024 ↗
22. Fiorentini V, Bernardini F, Ambacher O (2002) Evidence for nonlinear macroscopic polarization in iii–v nitride alloy heterostructures. Appl Phys Lett 80(7):1204–120610.1063/1.1448668 ↗
23. Bernardini F, Fiorentini V (1998) Macroscopic polarization and band offsets at nitride heterojunctions. Phys Rev B 57(16):R942710.1103/PhysRevB.57.R9427 ↗
24. Chu M-T, Liao W-Y, Horng R-H, Tsai T-Y, Wu T-B, Liu S-P, Wu M-H, Lin R-M (2011) Growth and characterization of p-ingan/i-ingan/n-gan double-heterojunction solar cells on patterned sapphire substrates. IEEE Electron Device Lett 32(7):922–92410.1109/LED.2011.2144954 ↗
25. Liou BW (2010) In _x ga 1 − x n–gan-based solar cells with a multiple-quantum-well structure on sicn–si (111) substrates. IEEE Photon Technol Lett 22 (4):215–21710.1109/LPT.2009.2037436 ↗
26. Routray S, Shougaijam B, Lenka TR (2017) Exploiting polarization charges for high-performance (000-1) facet gan/ingan/gan core/shell/shell triangular nanowire solar cell. IEEE J Quantum Electron 53(5):1–810.1109/JQE.2017.2734078 ↗
27. Routray S, Lenka TR (2019) Modeling and analysis of polarization charges in gan/ingan/gan hexagonal and triangular nanowire solar cells. Solid State Electron 159:142–14910.1016/j.sse.2019.03.049 ↗
28. Routray SR, Lenka TR (2017) Spontaneous and piezo-phototronics effect on geometrical shape of iii-nitride wurtzite nanowires for high efficiency photovoltaic applications. Micro & Nano Letters 12(12):924–92710.1049/mnl.2017.0403 ↗