Abstract
We report on the theoretical investigation of a silicon-based interdigitated back contact back heterojunction (BHJ) solar cell that combines the advantages of heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) solar cell and point contact back junction c-Si solar cell. Our results show an optimum bandgap for emitter (p-type a-Si:H) layer for this cell to be approximately 1.72eV. As we increase the bandgap from 1.3eV to 2.2eV, the open circuit voltage (Voc) increases from 0.45V to 0.75V and then saturates, while the short circuit current density (Jsc) remains constant at 35mA/cm2 up to about 2.0eV, and then decreases to zero. Fill factor (FF) increases from 57% to a maximum of 75% as the bandgap increases from 1.3eV to ∼1.72eV, respectively, and then decrease to 5% when the bandgap reaches 2.1eV. Efficiency increases from 7% and reaches a maximum of about 19% at around 1.7eV and then decreases to zero at 2.1eV. These results can be correlated to changes in valance band spike (barrier) when emitter bandgap increases from 1.3eV to 2.2eV, and are explained in terms of band alignment between p-a-Si:H/i-a-Si:H/n-type-c-Si.
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