Properties of Thermally Evaporated Titanium Dioxide as an Electron-Selective Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

Autor: Changhyun Lee, Soohyun Bae, HyunJung Park, Dongjin Choi, Hoyoung Song, Hyunju Lee, Yoshio Ohshita, Donghwan Kim, Yoonmook Kang, Hae-Seok Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 678 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en13030678
Popis: Recently, titanium oxide has been widely investigated as a carrier-selective contact material for silicon solar cells. Herein, titanium oxide films were fabricated via simple deposition methods involving thermal evaporation and oxidation. This study focuses on characterizing an electron-selective passivated contact layer with this oxidized method. Subsequently, the SiO2/TiO2 stack was examined using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The phase and chemical composition of the titanium oxide films were analyzed using X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The passivation quality of each layer was confirmed by measuring the carrier lifetime using quasi-steady-state photoconductance, providing an implied open circuit voltage of 644 mV. UV−vis spectroscopy and UV photoelectron spectroscopy analyses demonstrated the band alignment and carrier selectivity of the TiO2 layers. Band offsets of ~0.33 and ~2.6 eV relative to the conduction and valence bands, respectively, were confirmed for titanium oxide and the silicon interface.
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