Efficient laser textured nanocrystalline silicon-polymer bilayer solar cells | Zendy

A. A. D. T. Adikaari | Zendy; D. M. N. M. Dissanayake | Zendy; Ross A. Hatton | Zendy; S. Ravi P. Silva | Zendy

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Efficient laser textured nanocrystalline silicon-polymer bilayer solar cells

Author(s) -

A. A. D. T. Adikaari,

D. M. N. M. Dissanayake,

Ross A. Hatton,

S. Ravi P. Silva

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

applied physics letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182

H-Index - 442

eISSN - 1077-3118

pISSN - 0003-6951

DOI - 10.1063/1.2739365

Subject(s) - materials science , bilayer , silicon , optoelectronics , nanocrystalline silicon , polymer solar cell , thin film , excimer laser , polymer , quantum dot solar cell , solar cell , laser , nanotechnology , crystalline silicon , composite material , amorphous silicon , optics , membrane , chemistry , biochemistry , physics

Excimer laser textured thin film silicon and poly(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene bilayer solar cells are fabricated and characterized with air mass 1.5 simulated solar irradiation. The polymer layer increases the light harvesting capability of the cell and increases the shunt resistance while increasing open circuit voltage. The highest efficiency of 0.87% for the thin film silicon/polymer bilayer device is observed due to enhanced charge collection resulting from the inclusion of the polymer layer. Generation of charge carriers is proposed to be occurring mainly in the silicon layer and charge transport is explained using an energy band diagram.

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