Plasmonic Hot Electron Solar Cells: The Effect of Nanoparticle Size on Quantum Efficiency

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (20) ◽  
pp. 4137-4141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Reineck ◽  
Delia Brick ◽  
Paul Mulvaney ◽  
Udo Bach
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Nanoparticle Size ◽  
Hot Electron

Microcrystalline (Si,Ge):H Solar Cells

2003 ◽  
Vol 762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhua Zhu ◽  
Vikram L. Dalal
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Fill Factor ◽  
Open Circuit Voltage ◽  
Defect Density ◽  
Cell Structure ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Base Layer ◽  
Ecr Plasma

AbstractWe report on the growth and properties of microcrystalline Si:H and (Si,Ge):H solar cells on stainless steel substrates. The solar cells were grown using a remote, low pressure ECR plasma system. In order to crystallize (Si,Ge), much higher hydrogen dilution (∼40:1) had to be used compared to the case for mc-Si:H, where a dilution of 10:1 was adequate for crystallization. The solar cell structure was of the p+nn+ type, with light entering the p+ layer. It was found that it was advantageous to use a thin a-Si:H buffer layer at the back of the cells in order to reduce shunt density and improve the performance of the cells. A graded gap buffer layer was used at the p+n interface so as to improve the open-circuit voltage and fill factor. The open circuit voltage and fill factor decreased as the Ge content increased. Quantum efficiency measurements indicated that the device was indeed microcrystalline and followed the absorption characteristics of crystalline ( Si,Ge). As the Ge content increased, quantum efficiency in the infrared increased. X-ray measurements of films indicated grain sizes of ∼ 10nm. EDAX measurements were used to measure the Ge content in the films and devices. Capacitance measurements at low frequencies ( ~100 Hz and 1 kHz) indicated that the base layer was indeed behaving as a crystalline material, with classical C(V) curves. The defect density varied between 1x1016 to 2x1017/cm3, with higher defects indicated as the Ge concentration increased.

scholarly journals Design and characterization of effective solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varun Ojha ◽  
Giorgio Jansen ◽  
Andrea Patanè ◽  
Antonino La Magna ◽  
Vittorio Romano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Cell Structure ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Nsga Ii ◽  
Multi Objective

AbstractWe propose a two-stage multi-objective optimization framework for full scheme solar cell structure design and characterization, cost minimization and quantum efficiency maximization. We evaluated structures of 15 different cell designs simulated by varying material types and photodiode doping strategies. At first, non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) produced Pareto-optimal-solutions sets for respective cell designs. Then, on investigating quantum efficiencies of all cell designs produced by NSGA-II, we applied a new multi-objective optimization algorithm II (OptIA-II) to discover the Pareto fronts of select (three) best cell designs. Our designed OptIA-II algorithm improved the quantum efficiencies of all select cell designs and reduced their fabrication costs. We observed that the cell design comprising an optimally doped zinc-oxide-based transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer and rough silver back reflector (BR) offered a quantum efficiency ($$Q_e$$ Q e ) of 0.6031. Overall, this paper provides a full characterization of cell structure designs. It derives relationship between quantum efficiency, $$Q_e$$ Q e of a cell with its TCO layer’s doping methods and TCO and BR layer’s material types. Our solar cells design characterization enables us to perform a cost-benefit analysis of solar cells usage in real-world applications.

Interrelationship between TiO2 nanoparticle size and kind/size of dyes in the mechanism and conversion efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (18) ◽  
pp. 11187-11196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooya Tahay ◽  
Meisam Babapour Gol Afshani ◽  
Ali Alavi ◽  
Zahra Parsa ◽  
Nasser Safari
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Tio2 Nanoparticle ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Nanoparticle Size ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

Photocurrent efficiency measurements and other experimental results demonstrate that the best TiO2 nanoparticle size depends on the intrinsic properties of the dye and the best size changes with dye type.

Modelling the quantum efficiency of cadmium telluride solar cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hädrich ◽  
H. Metzner ◽  
U. Reislöhner ◽  
C. Kraft
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
Quantum Efficiency
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