Sputtered Aluminum Oxide and p+ Amorphous Silicon Back-Contact for Improved Hole Extraction in Polycrystalline CdSexTe1-x and CdTe Photovoltaics

Darius Kuciauskas; Adam Danielson; Amit Munshi; Arthur Onno; William Weigand; Anna Kindvall; Carey Reich; Zhengshan Yu; Jianwei Shi; Ali Abbas; John Walls; Zachary Holman; Walajabad Sampath

doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980466

Sputtered Aluminum Oxide and p+ Amorphous Silicon Back-Contact for Improved Hole Extraction in Polycrystalline CdSexTe1-x and CdTe Photovoltaics

Darius Kuciauskas
, Adam Danielson
, Amit Munshi
, Arthur Onno
, William Weigand
, Anna Kindvall
, Carey Reich
, Zhengshan Yu
, Jianwei Shi
, Ali Abbas
, John Walls
, Zachary Holman
, Walajabad Sampath

Chemistry and Nanoscience

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Abstract

A thin layer of Al₂O₃ at the back of CdSe_xT_e1-x/CdTe devices is shown to passivate the back interface and drastically improve surface recombination lifetimes and photoluminescent response. Despite this, such devices do not show an improvement in open-circuit voltage (VOC.) Adding a p⁺ amorphous silicon layer behind the Al₂O₃ bends the conduction band upward, reducing the barrier to hole extraction and improving collection. Further optimization of the Al₂O₃, amorphous silicon (a-Si), and indium-doped tin oxide (ITO) layers, as well as their interaction with the CdCl₂ passivation process, are necessary to translate these electro-optical improvements into gains in voltage.

Original language	American English
Pages	3018-3023
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980466 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980466
State	Published - Jun 2019
Event	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

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Conference	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	16/06/19 → 21/06/19

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NREL/CP-5900-76285

Keywords

a-Si
AlO
CdTe
charge carrier lifetime
passivating oxides
photovoltaic cells

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Kuciauskas, D., Danielson, A., Munshi, A., Onno, A., Weigand, W., Kindvall, A., Reich, C., Yu, Z., Shi, J., Abbas, A., Walls, J., Holman, Z., & Sampath, W. (2019). Sputtered Aluminum Oxide and p+ Amorphous Silicon Back-Contact for Improved Hole Extraction in Polycrystalline CdSexTe1-x and CdTe Photovoltaics. 3018-3023. Paper presented at 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019, Chicago, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980466, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980466

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Sputtered Aluminum Oxide and p+ Amorphous Silicon Back-Contact for Improved Hole Extraction in Polycrystalline CdSexTe1-x and CdTe Photovoltaics

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