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Thicker than 200 um
‘Lambertian’ light trapping
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Dark
Si
Ec
Int.
EF
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a-Si:H Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon
Recombination on
interface states
Recombination on
metallic contact
Quantum mechanical
Electron tunneling effect
Thermal effect
Contacts resistance
Auger recombination
involves three particles:
an electron and a hole,
which recombine in a
band-to-band transition
and give off the resulting
energy to another
electron or hole.
t for GaAs is of the order
of tens of ns
Heavy doping imposes an upper limit on lifetime
according to tA = 1/CANA2, where
tA is the Auger-limit lifetime.
CA is the Auger coefficient
Tyagi, M. S. and R. Van Overstraeten,
Solid State Electron. 26, 6 (1983) 577-598.
First silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 percent efficiency.
University of New South Wales' ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence.
The growth in silicon production hasn't kept pace with the rise in solar power.
"It takes about two or three years to add capacity".
The shortage has been severe enough to drive up silicon prices to more than
10 times normal levels, to $450 a kilogram.