K Ernst et al 2003 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 18 475 doi:10.1088/0268-1242/18/6/314
Solar cell with extremely thin absorber on highly structured substrate
K Ernst, A Belaidi and R Könenkamp1
Show affiliationsWe report the optical, structural and photovoltaic properties of an extremely-thin-absorber (eta) solar cell on highly porous TiO2 substrates. Nano-crystalline absorber layers with a local thickness of only 150 nm have been prepared. This small absorber thickness allows good carrier collection even for absorber material with poor transport properties. The morphology of the highly structured TiO2 substrate produces strong internal light scattering, resulting in an enhancement of the optical path length by a factor 5. With 150 nm thick CdTe absorber layers, the eta solar cells produce an open-circuit voltage of 0.67 V and a short-circuit current of 8.9 mA cm−2 for 100 mW cm−2 illumination. Alloying the CdTe with Hg improves the short-circuit current to 15 mA cm−2.
- PACS
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84.60.Jt Photoelectric conversion: solar cells and arrays
78.35.+c Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering; other light scattering
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Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical
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Issue 6 (June 2003)
Received 19 February 2003, in final form 18 March 2003
Published 14 April 2003
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Solar cell with extremely thin absorber on highly structured substrate
K Ernst et al 2003 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 18 475
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