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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2012.21.4.219

Long-Term Performance of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells with Stretched Exponential Defect Kinetics and AMPS-1D Simulation  

Park, S.H. (Korean Energy Institute of Energy Research)
Lyou, Jong-H. (Department of Semiconductor Physics, Korea University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.21, no.4, 2012 , pp. 219-224 More about this Journal
Abstract
We study for long-term performance of amorphous silicon solar cells under light exposure. The performance is predicted with a kinetic model in which the carrier lifetimes are determined by the defect density. In particular, the kinetic model is described by the stretched-exponential relaxation of defects to reach equilibrium. In this report, we simulate the light-induced degradation of the amorphous silicon solar cells with the kinetic model and AMPS-1D computer program. And data measured for outdoor performances of various solar cells are compared with the simulated results. This study focuses on examining the light-induced degradation for the following amorphous silicon pin solar cells: thickness${\approx}$300 nm, built-in potential${\approx}$1.05 V, defect density (at t=0)${\approx}5{\times}10^{15}cm^{-3}$, short-circuit current density (at t=0)${\approx}15.8mA/cm^2$, fill factor (at t=0)${\approx}0.691$, open-circuit voltage (at t=0)${\approx}0.865V$, conversion efficiency (at t=0)${\approx}9.50%$.
Keywords
Amorphous silicon solar cells; Light-induced degradation; Defect density; Strectched-exponential relaxation; Simulation;
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