High-Quality 10 /s Amorphous Silicon Germanium Alloy Solar Cells by Hot-Wire CVD: Preprint
Presented at the 2001 NCPV Program Review Meeting: High-quality high-deposition-rate (10 angstrom/s) a-SiGe:H alloy solar cells have been made by hot-wire chemical-vapor deposition. High-quality high-deposition-rate (10 {angstrom}/s) amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe:H) alloy solar cells have been made by hot-wire chemical-vapor deposition (HWCVD). HW a-SiGe:H alloys are evaluated in the SS/n-i-p/ITO solar cell configuration, where the n- and i-layers are deposited by HWCVD at NREL and the p-layer by conventional glow discharge in a separate reactor by United Solar. Effects of Ge concentration, hydrogen dilution, substrate temperature, and step-wise bandgap profile in the i-layer have been studied and optimized. The best cell has an average optical bandgap of 1.6 eV with a low H-dilution at 250 C and a 3-stepwise bandgap profile where the narrowest bandgap is near the p-i interface. The best initial power output has exceeded 4 mW/cm{sup 2} under AM 1.5 illumination with a {lambda}>530-nm filter. When combining with a USSC a-Si:H top solar cell, the best double-junction solar cell exhibits an initial 11.7% active-area efficiency, and a 9.6% stable efficiency after 1000 hours of one-sun light soaking.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO. (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337;
- OSTI ID:
- 15000003
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-520-30823
- Resource Type:
- Conference paper/presentation
- Conference Information:
- Presented at the NCPV Program Review Meeting, Lakewood, CO (US), 10/14/2001--10/17/2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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