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Experimental and Theoretical Results for Light Trapping in High Efficiency a-Si1-xCx:H/a-Si:H Solar Cells Prepared on Granular Tin Oxide.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

F. B. Ellis Jr ,
A. E. Delahoy ,
M. Böhm ,
J. A. Cambridge  and
T. Horning
F. B. Ellis Jr
Affiliation:
Chronar Corp., P.O. Box 177, Princeton, NJ 08540.
A. E. Delahoy
Affiliation:
Chronar Corp., P.O. Box 177, Princeton, NJ 08540.
M. Böhm
Affiliation:
Chronar Corp., P.O. Box 177, Princeton, NJ 08540.
J. A. Cambridge
Affiliation:
Chronar Corp., P.O. Box 177, Princeton, NJ 08540.
T. Horning
Affiliation:
Chronar Corp., P.O. Box 177, Princeton, NJ 08540.
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Abstract

We examine the morphology and optical properties of fluorine doped tin oxide films prepared by the chemical vapor deposition of tetramethyltin and tin tetrachloride and the influence of these properties on light trapping in amorphous silicon solar cells having the structure glass/SnO2 /P (a-Si1-xCx:H) -i-n/metal. Measured tin oxide properties include total and diffuse transmission as a function of wavelength, angular dependence of the scattered light, surface topography, and sheet resistance. Experimental quantum efficiency plots as a function of wavelength are presented and compared to computer calculations based on multilayer optics programs and measured optical constants. Using granular tin oxide, p-i-n cells 1 cm2 in area have been prepared with efficiencies exceeding 10%.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 70: Symposium E – Materials Issues in Amorphous-Semiconductor Technology , 1986 , 557
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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