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Minority carrier lifetime in indium doped silicon for photovoltaics

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Murphy, John D., Pointon, A. I., Grant, Nicholas E., Shah, V. A., Myronov, Maksym, Voronkov, Vladimir V. and Falster, R. J. (2019) Minority carrier lifetime in indium doped silicon for photovoltaics. Progress in Photovoltaics : Research and Applications, 27 (10). pp. 844-855. doi:10.1002/pip.3172 ISSN 1099-159X.

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Abstract

For photovoltaics, switching the p‐type dopant in silicon wafers from boron to indium may be advantageous as boron plays an important role in the light‐induced degradation mechanism. With the continuous Czochralski crystal growth process it is now possible to produce indium doped silicon substrates with the required doping levels for solar cells. This study aims to understand factors controlling the minority carrier lifetime in such substrates with a view to enabling the quantification of the possible benefits of indium doped material. Experiments are performed using temperature‐dependent Hall effect and injection‐dependent carrier lifetime measurements. The recombination rate is found to vary linearly with the concentration of un‐ionized indium which exists in the sample at room temperature due to indium's relatively deep acceptor level at 0.15 eV from the valence band. Lifetime in indium doped silicon is also shown to degrade rapidly under illumination, but to a level substantially higher than in equivalent boron doped silicon samples. A window of opportunity exists in which the minority carrier lifetime in degraded indium doped silicon is higher than the equivalent boron doped silicon, indicating it may be suitable as the base material for front contact photovoltaic cells.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Photovoltaic cells, Doped semiconductors, Indium
Journal or Publication Title: Progress in Photovoltaics : Research and Applications
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
ISSN: 1099-159X
Official Date: October 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
October 2019Published
6 August 2019Available
9 June 2019Accepted
Volume: 27
Number: 10
Page Range: pp. 844-855
DOI: 10.1002/pip.3172
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 6 August 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 6 August 2019
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
EP/M024911/1 ; EP/J01768X/2[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
RG100076[RS] Royal Societyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000288
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