Enhancement of polycrystalline silicon solar cells efficiency using indium nitride particles
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Date Issued
2015Journal Title
Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
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Institute of Physics Publishing
Language
English
Type
Research Paper
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http://hdl.handle.net/11693/21203Abstract
In this work, we present a hybrid indium nitride particle/polycrystalline silicon solar cell based on 230 nm size indium nitride particles (InN-Ps) obtained through laser ablation. The solar cell performance measurements indicate that there is an absolute 1.5% increase (Δη) in the overall solar cell efficiency due to the presence of InN-Ps. Within the spectral range 300-1100 nm, improvements of up to 8.26% are observed in the external quantum efficiency (EQE) and increases of up to 8.75% are observed in the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) values of the corresponding solar cell. The enhancement in power performance is due to the down-shifting properties of the InN-Ps. The electrical measurements are supplemented by TEM, Raman, UV/VIS and PL spectroscopy of the InN-Ps. © 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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