The role of hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide buffer layer on improving the performance of hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium single-junction solar cells
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Abstract Hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide (a-Si 1−x O x :H) film was used as a buffer layer at the p-layer (μc-Si 1−x Ox:H)/i-layer (a-Si 1−x Ge x :H) interface for a narrow band gap hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium (a-Si 1−x Ge x :H) single-junction solar cell. The a-Si 1−x O x :H film was deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at 40 MHz in a same processing chamber as depositing the p-type layer. An optimization of the thickness of the a-Si 1−x O x :H buffer layer and the CO 2 /SiH 4 ratio was performed in the fabrication of the a-Si 1−x Ge x :H single junction solar cells. By using the wide band gap a-Si 1−x O x :H buffer layer with optimum thickness and CO 2 /SiH 4 ratio, the solar cells showed an improvement in the open-circuit voltage (V oc ), fill factor (FF), and short circuit current density (J sc ), compared with the solar cells fabricated using the conventional a-Si:H buffer layer. The experimental results indicated the excellent potential of the wide-gap a-Si 1−x O x :H buffer layers for narrow band gap a-Si 1−x Ge x :H single junction solar cells.
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OpenAlex topics: Thin-Film Transistor Technologies · Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
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