Enhancement of polycrystalline silicon solar cells efficiency using indium nitride particles

Sabri Alkis; Farsad Imtiaz Chowdhury; Mustafa Alevli; Nikolaus Dietz; Berna Yalizay; Selçuk Aktürk; Ammar Nayfeh; Ali Kemal Okyay

doi:10.1088/2040-8978/17/10/105903

Enhancement of polycrystalline silicon solar cells efficiency using indium nitride particles

Sabri Alkis
, Farsad Imtiaz Chowdhury
, Mustafa Alevli
, Nikolaus Dietz
, Berna Yalizay
, Selçuk Aktürk
, Ammar Nayfeh
, Ali Kemal Okyay

Electrical Engineering

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In this work, we present a hybrid indium nitride particle/polycrystalline silicon solar cell based on 230 nm size indium nitride particles (InN-Ps) obtained through laser ablation. The solar cell performance measurements indicate that there is an absolute 1.5% increase (Δη) in the overall solar cell efficiency due to the presence of InN-Ps. Within the spectral range 300-1100 nm, improvements of up to 8.26% are observed in the external quantum efficiency (EQE) and increases of up to 8.75% are observed in the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) values of the corresponding solar cell. The enhancement in power performance is due to the down-shifting properties of the InN-Ps. The electrical measurements are supplemented by TEM, Raman, UV/VIS and PL spectroscopy of the InN-Ps.

Original language	British English
Article number	105903
Journal	Journal of Optics
Volume	17
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/17/10/105903
State	Published - 25 Aug 2015

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efficiency
enhancement
external quantum efficiency
indium nitride
internal quantum efficiency
particles
solar cell

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