A preliminary development in hybrid a-silicon/polymer solar cells

Zhi Zhang, Zhiqun He*, Chunjun Liang, Anna H. N. Lind, Adel Diyaf, Ying Peng, John I. B. Wilson

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Abstract

Amorphous undoped intrinsic silicon, B-doped silicon and P-doped silicon hybrid bilayer structures with poly(3-hexylthiophene) have been fabricated and their photovoltaic responses have been investigated. Open-circuit voltages and fill factors of the devices are moderate, but strongly dependent on the doping type of a-Si:H films. The highest available open-circuit voltage from the hybrid solar cells within this investigation is 1.23 V in a standard test condition. Both inorganic and organic semiconducting layers contribute to the photocurrent generation. The short-circuit currents appear to be limited by unbalanced charged carriers collected from different sides of the semiconductors, which indicates a way forward in device optimization. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)145-152
Number of pages8
JournalRenewable Energy
Volume63
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

Keywords

  • Hybrid
  • Amorphous silicon
  • P3HT
  • Photovoltaic
  • Open-circuit voltage
  • Short-circuit current
  • OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE
  • AMORPHOUS-SILICON
  • THIN-FILM
  • OPTICAL-CONSTANTS
  • WORK FUNCTION
  • POLYMER
  • HETEROJUNCTION
  • PERFORMANCE
  • THICKNESS
  • ZNO

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