"Characterization of the bulk recombination in hydrogenated amorphous s" by J. Deng, J. M. Pearce et al.
 

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Characterization of the bulk recombination in hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Volume

808

Journal

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

First Page

623

URL with Digital Object Identifier

10.1557/proc-808-a8.8

Last Page

628

Abstract

Dark forward bias current, JD-V, characteristics offer a probe for characterizing carrier recombination and the defect states in the intrinsic layers of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cells. Detailed studies were carried out on such characteristics for the cells with optimized p/i interfaces and high quality i-layers in which the current transport is bulk recombination dominated. It was found that the diode quality factor n is not a constant with bias voltages as has been generally considered. Instead, it can be best described through the bias dependent differential diode quality factors, n(V) = [kT/q]-1[d(lnJD)/dV]-1, whose magnitude and shape reflect the gap state distribution in the corresponding bulk i-layers. The n(V) characteristics obtained on cell structures with both hydrogen diluted and undiluted i-layers have been utilized in characterizing the differences in the distribution of defect states in the two i-layers both in annealed state as well as after creating light induced defects. In the characterization of the Staebler-Wronski Effect (SWE) using JD-V characteristics, a new phenomenon is observed - relaxation of light induced defect states created by 1 sun illumination at 25°C, which is also found in the follow-on studies on the photo-conductivities of corresponding thin films.

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