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

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2013.09.002

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-152
Number of pages	8
Journal	Renewable Energy
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2013.09.002
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014

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

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