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2016
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Monolithic Si nanocrystal/crystalline Si tandem cells involving Si nanocrystals in SiC

Abstract
Monolithic tandem cells involving a top cell with Si nanocrystals embedded in SiC (Si NC/SiC) and a c-Si bottom cell have been prepared. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the intended cell architecture is achieved and that it survives the 1100&#8201;°C anneal required to form Si NCs. The cells exhibit mean open-circuit voltages Voc of 900-950&#8201;mV, demonstrating tandem cell functionality, with <580&#8201;mV arising from the c-Si bottom cell and >320&#8201;mV arising from the Si NC/SiC top cell. The cells are successfully connected using a SiC/Si tunnelling recombination junction that results in very little voltage loss. The short-circuit current densities jsc are, at 0.8-0.9 mAcm&#8722;2, rather low and found to be limited by current collection in the top cell. However, equivalent circuit simulations demonstrate that in current-mismatched tandem cells such as the ones studied here, higher jsc, when accompanied by decreased Voc, can arise from shunts or breakdown in the limiting cell rather than improved current collection from the limiting cell. This indicates that Voc is a better optimisation parameter than jsc for tandem cells where the limiting cell exhibits poor junction characteristics. The high-temperature-stable cell architecture developed in this work, coupled with simulations highlighting potential pitfalls in tandem cell analysis, provides a suitable route for optimisation of Si NC layers for photovoltaics on a tandem cell device level.
Author(s)
Schnabel, M.
Canino, M.
Schillinger, K.
Löper, P.
Summonte, C.
Wilshaw, P.R.
Janz, S.
Zeitschrift
Progress in Photovoltaics
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DOI
10.1002/pip.2766
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English
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