Solar Cells, 2nd Edition

Chapter IC-1

Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells¹

Arvind Shah

with the collaboration of Horst Schade

Chapter Outline

1. Introduction

1.1. Tandem and Multijunction Solar Cells

2. Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon (a-Si:H) Layers

2.1. Structure of Amorphous Silicon

2.2. Gap States in Amorphous Silicon: Mobility Gap and Optical Gap

2.3. Conductivity and Doping of Amorphous Silicon

2.3.1. Conductivities

2.3.2. Doping

3. Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon (μc-Si:H) Layers

3.1. Structure of Microcrystalline Silicon

3.2. Optical Absorption, Gap States, and Defects in Microcrystalline Silicon

3.3. Conductivities, Doping, Impurities, and Ageing in Microcrystalline Silicon

3.3.1. Conductivities

3.3.2. Doping

3.3.3. Impurities

3.3.4. Ageing

4. Functioning of ...