Photoreflectance study of the role of a thin AlOx layer in a GaAs surface passivation and the Schottky barrier forming

Author(s):  
M. Kucera ◽  
R. Kudela ◽  
J. Novak
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4156-4164
Author(s):  
Mari Napari ◽  
Tahmida N. Huq ◽  
David J. Meeth ◽  
Mikko J. Heikkilä ◽  
Kham M. Niang ◽  
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Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 640
Author(s):  
Artem I. Khrebtov ◽  
Vladimir V. Danilov ◽  
Anastasia S. Kulagina ◽  
Rodion R. Reznik ◽  
Ivan D. Skurlov ◽  
...  

The passivation influence by ligands coverage with trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and TOPO including colloidal CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) on optical properties of the semiconductor heterostructure, namely an array of InP nanowires (NWs) with InAsP nanoinsertion grown by Au-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on Si (111) substrates, was investigated. A significant dependence of the photoluminescence (PL) dynamics of the InAsP insertions on the ligand type was shown, which was associated with the changes in the excitation translation channels in the heterostructure. This change was caused by a different interaction of the ligand shells with the surface of InP NWs, which led to the formation of different interfacial low-energy states at the NW-ligand boundary, such as surface-localized antibonding orbitals and hybridized states that were energetically close to the radiating state and participate in the transfer of excitation. It was shown that the quenching of excited states associated with the capture of excitation to interfacial low-energy traps was compensated by the increasing role of the “reverse transfer” mechanism. As a result, the effectiveness of TOPO-CdSe/ZnS QDs as a novel surface passivation coating was demonstrated.


Author(s):  
Harsh A. Chaliyawala ◽  
Suresh Vemuri ◽  
Kashinath Lellala ◽  
Indrajit Mukhopadhyay

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yaser Abdulraheem ◽  
Moustafa Ghannam ◽  
Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan Radhakrishnan ◽  
Ivan Gordon

Photovoltaic devices based on amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon (a-Si:H/c-Si) heterojunction interfaces hold the highest efficiency as of date in the class of silicon-based devices with efficiencies exceeding 26% and are regarded as a promising technology for large-scale terrestrial PV applications. The detailed understanding behind the operation of this type of device is crucial to improving and optimizing its performance. SHJ solar cells have primarily two main interfaces that play a major role in their operation: the transparent conductive oxide (TCO)/a-Si:H interface and the a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction interface. In the work presented here, a detailed analytical description is provided for the impact of both interfaces on the performance of such devices and especially on the device fill factor ( FF ). It has been found that the TCO work function can dramatically impact the FF by introducing a series resistance element in addition to limiting the forward biased current under illumination causing the well-known S-shape characteristic in the I-V curve of such devices. On the other hand, it is shown that the thermionic emission barrier at the heterojunction interface can play a major role in introducing an added series resistance factor due to the intrinsic a-Si:H buffer layer that is usually introduced to improve surface passivation. Theoretical explanation on the role of both interfaces on device operation based on 1D device simulation is experimentally verified. The I-V characteristics of fabricated devices were compared to the curves produced by simulation, and the observed degradation in the FF of fabricated devices was explained in light of analytical findings from simulation.


1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Grant ◽  
K. R. Elliott ◽  
S. P. Kowalczyk ◽  
D. L. Miller ◽  
J. R. Waldrop

2019 ◽  
Vol 114 (5) ◽  
pp. 053106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Ohtake ◽  
Yoshiki Sakuma
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2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1466-1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qijing Wang ◽  
Sai Jiang ◽  
Bowen Zhang ◽  
Eul-Yong Shin ◽  
Yong-Young Noh ◽  
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