Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review

Currently single junction Si solar photovoltaic limitation and scope of Si hetero-junction cell has driven research towards advanced solar cell. Successful absorption of high energy band and its apposite photonic conversion by high band gap Si nanostructure favors to minimize thermalization and carr...

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Main Authors: Bablu K. Ghosh, Chadwin N.J. Weoi, Aminul Islam, Swapan Ghosh
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spelling my.ums.eprints.222892019-06-24T00:30:31Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22289/ Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review Bablu K. Ghosh Chadwin N.J. Weoi Aminul Islam Swapan Ghosh T Technology (General) Currently single junction Si solar photovoltaic limitation and scope of Si hetero-junction cell has driven research towards advanced solar cell. Successful absorption of high energy band and its apposite photonic conversion by high band gap Si nanostructure favors to minimize thermalization and carrier recombination problem thus progress efficiency significantly. Inclusion of indium molar fraction in GaN and its variance for wide band gap III-Ns (InGaN/GaN) on Si cell considerably improves opto-electric properties. Theoretically series model is revealed by novel approach to realize current density matching in III-N/Si hetero-junction tandem cell that has potential to moderate the tunneling difficulty. Hence, cutting edge surface processing techniques to improve the photonic properties of Si and InGaN nanostructures on Si cell have been reviewed comprehensively. Simulated and practical efficiency of different nanostructures have been investigated to analyze the practical efficiency limiting issues. Finally, key materials absorption edge, drift velocity, efficiency progress and present market share related utilization factor have been addressed. Elsevier Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22289/1/Recent%20progress%20in%20Si%20hetero-junction%20solar%20cell.pdf Bablu K. Ghosh and Chadwin N.J. Weoi and Aminul Islam and Swapan Ghosh Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. ISSN 1364-0321 DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.07.022
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Bablu K. Ghosh
Chadwin N.J. Weoi
Aminul Islam
Swapan Ghosh
Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review
description Currently single junction Si solar photovoltaic limitation and scope of Si hetero-junction cell has driven research towards advanced solar cell. Successful absorption of high energy band and its apposite photonic conversion by high band gap Si nanostructure favors to minimize thermalization and carrier recombination problem thus progress efficiency significantly. Inclusion of indium molar fraction in GaN and its variance for wide band gap III-Ns (InGaN/GaN) on Si cell considerably improves opto-electric properties. Theoretically series model is revealed by novel approach to realize current density matching in III-N/Si hetero-junction tandem cell that has potential to moderate the tunneling difficulty. Hence, cutting edge surface processing techniques to improve the photonic properties of Si and InGaN nanostructures on Si cell have been reviewed comprehensively. Simulated and practical efficiency of different nanostructures have been investigated to analyze the practical efficiency limiting issues. Finally, key materials absorption edge, drift velocity, efficiency progress and present market share related utilization factor have been addressed.
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author Bablu K. Ghosh
Chadwin N.J. Weoi
Aminul Islam
Swapan Ghosh
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Chadwin N.J. Weoi
Aminul Islam
Swapan Ghosh
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title Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review
title_short Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review
title_full Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review
title_fullStr Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review
title_full_unstemmed Recent progress in Si hetero-junction solar cell: A comprehensive review
title_sort recent progress in si hetero-junction solar cell: a comprehensive review
publisher Elsevier
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22289/1/Recent%20progress%20in%20Si%20hetero-junction%20solar%20cell.pdf
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