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Wide Bandgap ≥1.8eV Amorphous Silicon for Solar Multijunction Cell and Image Sensor Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Andrzej Kolodziej ,
Pawel Krewniak  and
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz
Andrzej Kolodziej
Affiliation:
Institute of Electronics, University of Mining and Metallurgy, al.Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Pawel Krewniak
Affiliation:
Institute of Electronics, University of Mining and Metallurgy, al.Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz
Affiliation:
Institute of Electronics, University of Mining and Metallurgy, al.Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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Abstract

This paper discusses the use of wide bandgap a-Si:H prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering (RMS) in low temperature and hydrogen control process deposition for multijunction cell applications. Primarily technological experiments are presented. The studies were carried out on a-Si:H films and TCO / n+ a-Si:H / i a-Si:H / Nickel Schottky barrier structures with i layer thicknesses ranging between 0.1 and 0.5 μm, using AFM, X-ray small angle and Raman spectroscopy, and optical transmission and reflection measurements after a degraded steady state. The properties exhibited by the films obtained in various ways are compared. In particular, fill factor dependence on light, field, and thickness is presented for RMS films.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 609: Symposium A – Amorphous & Heterogeneous Silicon Thin Films – 2000 , 2000 , A5.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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