DocumentCode
2447341
Title
Calculation of amorphous silicon solar cell parameters with different doping levels
Author
Sinha, S.P. ; Dubey, G.C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Kohima Sci. Coll., Nagaland, India
Volume
2
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
1205
Abstract
Amorphous silicon solar cell efficiency has stagnated at 13.6% since the last decade. Extensive experimental and theoretical works have been done to improve this efficiency by increasing short circuit current, open circuit voltage and fill factor. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to calculate these parameters with different doping levels and to optimise them to get the best results. This has been done by choosing a proper value of barrier potentials at the p-i and i-n junctions. It has been noticed that doping levels affect the parameters. The present analysis has resulted in an increased value of cell parameters which will help in improving the cell efficiency
Keywords
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; p-n junctions; semiconductor device models; semiconductor doping; silicon; solar cells; 13.6 percent; Si; amorphous silicon solar cell parameters calculation; barrier potentials; doping levels; fill factor; i-n junction; open circuit voltage; p-i junction; short circuit current; Amorphous silicon; Circuits; Conducting materials; Conductive films; Doping; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Physics; Semiconductor films; Semiconductor materials;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit, 2000. (IECEC) 35th Intersociety
Conference_Location
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN
1-56347-375-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IECEC.2000.870932
Filename
870932
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