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Effect of n doped amorphous layer between microcrystalline i/n layer on the performance of micromorph tandem solar cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2015

Jingjing Yang
Affiliation:
Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology Co.,Ltd, Hengyang City in Hunan 421005, PRC, No.1 Hongyuan Road, Baishazhou Industry Zone, Hengyang City, Hunan Province of China, TEL: +86 734 8678582 Ext. 8901, Email: yangjingjingkx@163.com
Tingkai Li
Affiliation:
Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology Co.,Ltd, Hengyang City in Hunan 421005, PRC, No.1 Hongyuan Road, Baishazhou Industry Zone, Hengyang City, Hunan Province of China, TEL: +86 734 8678582 Ext. 8901, Email: yangjingjingkx@163.com
Xueshi Tan
Affiliation:
Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology Co.,Ltd, Hengyang City in Hunan 421005, PRC, No.1 Hongyuan Road, Baishazhou Industry Zone, Hengyang City, Hunan Province of China, TEL: +86 734 8678582 Ext. 8901, Email: yangjingjingkx@163.com
Feng Zhang
Affiliation:
Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology Co.,Ltd, Hengyang City in Hunan 421005, PRC, No.1 Hongyuan Road, Baishazhou Industry Zone, Hengyang City, Hunan Province of China, TEL: +86 734 8678582 Ext. 8901, Email: yangjingjingkx@163.com
Bingxue Mao
Affiliation:
Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology Co.,Ltd, Hengyang City in Hunan 421005, PRC, No.1 Hongyuan Road, Baishazhou Industry Zone, Hengyang City, Hunan Province of China, TEL: +86 734 8678582 Ext. 8901, Email: yangjingjingkx@163.com
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Abstract

Pin/pin “micromorph” tandem solar cells were manufactured by the industrial production line of Hunan Gongchuang PV Science & Technology Co., Ltd. Based on this kind of solar cells, a n-doped amorphous silicon layer deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique (PECVD) was inserted between the microcrystalline silicon intrinsic layer and n-doped layer. The result showed that the introduced n-type amorphous silicon layer well improved the solar cells performance by reducing the bad effects caused by microcrystalline silicon growth defects. Compared with the solar cells without inserting the n-doped amorphous silicon layer, the open voltage and efficiency increased remarkably. When the thickness of n-doped amorphous silicon layer is 8nm, the open voltage increased from 72.9V to 73.6V and efficiency increased from 10.63% to 10.74%.

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