Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell

Steven Limpert, Kunal Ghosh, Hannes Wagner, Stuart Bowden, Christiana Honsberg, Stephen Goodnick, Stephen Bremner, Anita Ho-Baillie, Martin Green

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Abstract

We report results from coupled optical and electrical Sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide (GaP) on silicon electron carrier selective contact (CSC) solar cell which show that Auger-limited open-circuit voltages up to 787 mV (on a 10 μm monocrystalline silicon substrate) and efficiencies up to 26.7% (on a 150 μm monocrystalline silicon substrate) may be possible for front-contacted devices which exhibit low interface recombination velocity (IRV) at the GaP/Si interface and which employ random pyramidal texturing, a detached silver reflector, rear locally diffused point contacts and a SiO2/Al2O3 rear oxide passivation stack.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages836-840
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781479943982
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 15 2014
Event40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States
Duration: Jun 8 2014 → Jun 13 2014

Other

Other40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
CountryUnited States
CityDenver
Period6/8/14 → 6/13/14

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Gallium phosphide
Monocrystalline silicon
Silicon
Solar cells
Electrons
Texturing
Point contacts
Open circuit voltage
Substrates
Silver
Passivation
Oxides
gallium phosphide
thiazole-4-carboxamide adenine dinucleotide

Keywords

  • heterojunctions
  • p-n junctions
  • photovoltaic cells
  • silicon

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Limpert, S., Ghosh, K., Wagner, H., Bowden, S., Honsberg, C., Goodnick, S., ... Green, M. (2014). Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 (pp. 836-840). [6925045] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925045

Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell. / Limpert, Steven; Ghosh, Kunal; Wagner, Hannes; Bowden, Stuart; Honsberg, Christiana; Goodnick, Stephen; Bremner, Stephen; Ho-Baillie, Anita; Green, Martin.

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 836-840 6925045.

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

Limpert, S, Ghosh, K, Wagner, H, Bowden, S, Honsberg, C, Goodnick, S, Bremner, S, Ho-Baillie, A & Green, M 2014, Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell. in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014., 6925045, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 836-840, 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Denver, United States, 6/8/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925045
Limpert S, Ghosh K, Wagner H, Bowden S, Honsberg C, Goodnick S et al. Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 836-840. 6925045 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925045
Limpert, Steven ; Ghosh, Kunal ; Wagner, Hannes ; Bowden, Stuart ; Honsberg, Christiana ; Goodnick, Stephen ; Bremner, Stephen ; Ho-Baillie, Anita ; Green, Martin. / Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell. 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 836-840
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