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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 144, Issue -, Pages 324-330Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.09.026
Keywords
Scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM); Near field photocurrent (NPC); Topography; Quantum-dot intermediate-band solar cell (QDs-IBSC)
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- Helmholtz Energy Alliance (Hybrid-Photovoltaic Project)
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The near-field photocurrent mapping of InAs/InGaAs/GaAs quantum-dots intermediate-band solar cells by means of scanning near-field optical microscopy is discussed. By illumination through the InZn top contact at two different wavelengths (visible, 800 nm, and near infrared, 1150 nm), topography and photocurrent information were simultaneously collected. The lateral resolution was 100 nm. A strong correlation between topography and local photocurrent has been observed which is attributed to efficient photocarrier generation in intermediate-band solar cells. We found that this is due to the presence of photocarrier transfer from quantum dots to the InGaAs strain-compensated layer or to the GaAs spacer layer. Furthermore, a reduced local photocurrent was found right on top of the InAs quantum dot which has been explained by trapping of photo-generated electrons from the GaAs region by InAs quantum-dot states. The effect of the thickness of the GaAs spacer layer and the effect of Si-delta doping on topography and photocurrent distribution are also discussed.. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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