TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of the compositional distribution on the photovoltaic power conversion of SiGe solar cells
AU - Usami, Noritaka
AU - Pan, Wugen
AU - Fujiwara, Kozo
AU - Tayanagi, Misumi
AU - Ohdaira, Keisuke
AU - Nakajima, Kazuo
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. R. Shimokawa for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan.
PY - 2007/1/23
Y1 - 2007/1/23
N2 - Theoretical investigation on the photovoltaic power conversion of SiGe solar cells was carried out focusing on the impact of the compositional distribution. The absorption coefficient and the intrinsic carrier concentration were assumed to be macroscopically uniform parameters controlled by the compositional distribution. Under an assumption with finite minority carrier diffusion length, solar cell based on SiGe was revealed to have power conversion superior to that based on Si in a limited compositional window on the Si-rich side. In the window, the increase in the photocurrent density overcompensates the decrease in the voltage, and controls the overall conversion efficiency. The width of the window was greatly affected by the compositional distribution in SiGe. A comparison was made with experiments to support the existence of such a compositional window.
AB - Theoretical investigation on the photovoltaic power conversion of SiGe solar cells was carried out focusing on the impact of the compositional distribution. The absorption coefficient and the intrinsic carrier concentration were assumed to be macroscopically uniform parameters controlled by the compositional distribution. Under an assumption with finite minority carrier diffusion length, solar cell based on SiGe was revealed to have power conversion superior to that based on Si in a limited compositional window on the Si-rich side. In the window, the increase in the photocurrent density overcompensates the decrease in the voltage, and controls the overall conversion efficiency. The width of the window was greatly affected by the compositional distribution in SiGe. A comparison was made with experiments to support the existence of such a compositional window.
KW - Compositional distribution
KW - SiGe
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U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.07.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750683650
VL - 91
SP - 123
EP - 128
JO - Solar Cells
JF - Solar Cells
SN - 0927-0248
IS - 2-3
ER -
