Correlation between lifetime curve and performance of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell

Kunal Ghosh; Stanislau Herasimenka; Bill Dauksher; Stuart Bowden

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744363

Correlation between lifetime curve and performance of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell

Kunal Ghosh, Stanislau Herasimenka, Bill Dauksher, Stuart Bowden

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Abstract

Detailed balance calculations are prevalently used to calculate the thermodynamic limit of performance of photovoltaic devices. This work combines the detailed balance calculations with the lifetime curve to determine the limiting performance of silicon heterostructure solar cell. The detailed balance model uses the state-of-the-art values for the recombination coefficients. The calculation shows that for an undoped silicon with only intrinsic (radiative and auger) recombination mechanisms considered, the efficiency limit is 29.63 % at 26 μm. However, the value changes with the inclusion of the extrinsic recombination processes that occurs due to the presence of surfaces and defects within crystalline silicon.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1232-1237
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781479932993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744363
State	Published - 2013
Event	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013 - Tampa, FL, United States Duration: Jun 16 2013 → Jun 21 2013

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Other	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tampa, FL
Period	6/16/13 → 6/21/13

Keywords

A-Si/c-Si heterostructure
Detailed balance
Efficiency limit
Lifetime measurement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ghosh, K., Herasimenka, S., Dauksher, B., & Bowden, S. (2013). Correlation between lifetime curve and performance of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell. In 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013 (pp. 1232-1237). Article 6744363 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744363

Correlation between lifetime curve and performance of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell. / Ghosh, Kunal; Herasimenka, Stanislau; Dauksher, Bill et al.
39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. p. 1232-1237 6744363 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ghosh, K, Herasimenka, S, Dauksher, B & Bowden, S 2013, Correlation between lifetime curve and performance of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell. in 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013., 6744363, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1232-1237, 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013, Tampa, FL, United States, 6/16/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744363

Ghosh K, Herasimenka S, Dauksher B, Bowden S. Correlation between lifetime curve and performance of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell. In 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2013. p. 1232-1237. 6744363. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744363

Ghosh, Kunal ; Herasimenka, Stanislau ; Dauksher, Bill et al. / Correlation between lifetime curve and performance of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell. 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. pp. 1232-1237 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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