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New 3C Silicon Carbide on Silicon Hetero-Junction Solar Cells for UV Collection enhancement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2014

M. Toure ,
B. Berenguier ,
L. Ottaviani ,
M. Pasquinelli ,
O. Palais ,
P. Di Lauro ,
M. Portail ,
S Chenot ,
T. Wood  and
D. Kobor
M. Toure*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie et de Physique des Matériaux (LCPM), UFR Sciences et Technologies, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, BP 523, Ziguinchor, Sénégal
B. Berenguier*
Affiliation:
IM2NP (UMR CNRS 7334) – Université Aix-Marseille, Case 231 - 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
L. Ottaviani
Affiliation:
IM2NP (UMR CNRS 7334) – Université Aix-Marseille, Case 231 - 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
M. Pasquinelli
Affiliation:
IM2NP (UMR CNRS 7334) – Université Aix-Marseille, Case 231 - 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
O. Palais
Affiliation:
IM2NP (UMR CNRS 7334) – Université Aix-Marseille, Case 231 - 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
P. Di Lauro
Affiliation:
IM2NP (UMR CNRS 7334) – Université Aix-Marseille, Case 231 - 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
M. Portail
Affiliation:
CRHEA (Research Center on Hetero-Epitaxy and Applications) Nice, France.
S Chenot
Affiliation:
CRHEA (Research Center on Hetero-Epitaxy and Applications) Nice, France.
T. Wood
Affiliation:
IM2NP (UMR CNRS 7334) – Université Aix-Marseille, Case 231 - 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
D. Kobor
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie et de Physique des Matériaux (LCPM), UFR Sciences et Technologies, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, BP 523, Ziguinchor, Sénégal
*
*E-mail: tourempci@hotmail.fr, baptiste.berenguier@im2np.fr
*E-mail: tourempci@hotmail.fr, baptiste.berenguier@im2np.fr
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Abstract

An actual trend to enhance solar cells efficiency is to build multijunction cells, creating a bandshape wavelength collection. However, the best multijuction cells are actually made of III-V compounds when silicon and its alloys don’t lead to high efficiency devices. In this article, we study a 3C-SiC/Si heterojunction as a first step for 3C-SiC/Si tandem cells. Four samples were fabricated by depositing 3C-SiC on Si wafers with different SiC doping levels. Simulations of the structures are performed, as well as optical and electrical characterizations of the heterojunction cells.

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photovoltaicchemical vapor deposition (CVD) (deposition)devices
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1693: Symposium DD – Silicon Carbide–Materials, Processing and Devices , 2014 , mrss14-1693-dd08-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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