Field-effect passivation on silicon nanowire solar cells (vol 8, pg 673, 2015)

Surface recombination represents a handicap for high-efficiency solar cells. Surface recombination represents a handicap for high-efficiency solar cells. This is especially important for nanowire array solar cells, where the surface-to-volume ratio is greatly enhanced. Here, the effect of different passivation materials on the effective recombination and on the device performance is experimentally analyzed. Our solar cells are large area top-down axial n–p junction silicon nanowires fabricated by means of Near-Field Phase-Shift Lithography (NF-PSL). We report an efficiency of 9.9% for the best cell, passivated with a SiO2/SiNx stack. The impact of the presence of a surface fixed charge density at the silicon/oxide interface is studied.

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Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Stefaan De Wolf, Bénédicte Demaurex, Anna Dalmau Mallorquí, Amirreza Kiani
2016
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Solar cell

A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical phenomenon. It is a form of photoelectric cell, defined as a device whose electrical characteristics, such as current, voltage, or resistance, vary when exposed to light. Individual solar cell devices are often the electrical building blocks of photovoltaic modules, known colloquially as solar panels.

Charge density

In electromagnetism, charge density is the amount of electric charge per unit length, surface area, or volume. Volume charge density (symbolized by the Greek letter ρ) is the quantity of charge per unit volume, measured in the SI system in coulombs per cubic meter (C⋅m−3), at any point in a volume. Surface charge density (σ) is the quantity of charge per unit area, measured in coulombs per square meter (C⋅m−2), at any point on a surface charge distribution on a two dimensional surface.

Silicon nanowire

Silicon nanowires, also referred to as SiNWs, are a type of semiconductor nanowire most often formed from a silicon precursor by etching of a solid or through catalyzed growth from a vapor or liquid phase. Such nanowires have promising applications in lithium ion batteries, thermoelectrics and sensors. Initial synthesis of SiNWs is often accompanied by thermal oxidation steps to yield structures of accurately tailored size and morphology. SiNWs have unique properties that are not seen in bulk (three-dimensional) silicon materials.

Field-effect passivation on silicon nanowire solar cells

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Stefaan De Wolf, Esther Alarcon Llado, Bénédicte Demaurex, Anna Dalmau Mallorquí, Amirreza Kiani

Surface recombination represents a handicap for high-efficiency solar cells. This is especially important for nanowire array solar cells, where the surface-to-volume ratio is greatly enhanced. Here, t

Tsinghua Univ Press2015

Filed-effect passivatoin on silicon nanowire solar cells

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Stefaan De Wolf, Esther Alarcon Llado, Bénédicte Demaurex, Anna Dalmau Mallorquí, Amirreza Kiani, Ignasi Canales Mundet

2014