Influence of Efficient Thickness of Antireflection Coating Layer of HfO2 for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
2.1. Texturing of the Surface of the Silicon Wafer
2.2. Preparation of Precursor and Deposition of ARC Layer
2.3. Characterizations
2.4. PC1D Simulating Tool
3. Result and Discussion
3.1. Crystallinity and Morphological Features
3.2. Optical Properties
3.3. Photovoltaic Properties
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Value |
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Device area | 100 cm2 |
Front surface texture depth | 3 μm |
The thickness of the Si solar cell | 150 μm |
Dielectric constant | 11.9 |
Energy bandgap | 1.124 eV |
Background doping p-type | 5 × 1016 cm−3 |
First front diffusion n-type | 3 × 1018 cm−3 |
Refractive index | 3.42 |
Excitation mode | Transient |
Temperature | 25 °C |
Other parameters | An internal model of PC1D |
Primary light source | AM 1.5D spectrum |
Bulk recombination | 10 μs |
Constant intensity | 0.1 W/cm2 |
Thickness of ARC Layer (nm) | Average Reflectance | Refractive Index | Isc (A) | Voc (V) | Pmax (W) | FF (%) | Efficiency (%) | ||
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Experimental | Simulation | Experimental | Simulation | ||||||
Bare Si | 22.61 | 36.12 | 1.52 | -- | 2.28 | 0.642 | 1.22 | 69.80 | 12.27 |
Texture Si | 10.51 | -- | 1.88 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
50 | -- | 15.76 | -- | 2.70 | 3.28 | 0.705 | 1.965 | 84.66 | 19.65 |
60 | 7.44 | 11.27 | 2.14 | 2.28 | 3.48 | 0.707 | 2.085 | 84.64 | 20.85 |
70 | 6.33 | 9.45 | 2.30 | 2.95 | 3.52 | 0.707 | 2.115 | 84.67 | 21.15 |
80 | 8.35 | 11.80 | 2.04 | 1.70 | 3.46 | 0.707 | 2.072 | 84.66 | 20.72 |
90 | -- | 14.85 | -- | 1.52 | 3.33 | 0.706 | 2.995 | 84.64 | 19.95 |
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Shah, D.K.; KC, D.; Umar, A.; Algadi, H.; Akhtar, M.S.; Yang, O.-B. Influence of Efficient Thickness of Antireflection Coating Layer of HfO2 for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell. Inorganics 2022, 10, 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10100171
Shah DK, KC D, Umar A, Algadi H, Akhtar MS, Yang O-B. Influence of Efficient Thickness of Antireflection Coating Layer of HfO2 for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell. Inorganics. 2022; 10(10):171. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10100171
Chicago/Turabian StyleShah, Deb Kumar, Devendra KC, Ahmad Umar, Hassan Algadi, Mohammad Shaheer Akhtar, and O-Bong Yang. 2022. "Influence of Efficient Thickness of Antireflection Coating Layer of HfO2 for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell" Inorganics 10, no. 10: 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10100171