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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 56, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.56.08MA11
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- Otto Monsted Fond
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Here, we demonstrate the use of an ultrathin TiO2 film as a passivating carrier-selective contact for silicon photovoltaics. The effective lifetime, surface recombination velocity, and diode quality dependence on TiO2 deposition temperature with and without a thin tunneling oxide interlayer (SiO2 or Al2O3) on p-type crystalline silicon (c-Si) are reported. 5-, 10-, and 20-nm-thick TiO2 films were deposited by thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) in the temperature range of 80-300 degrees C using titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and water. TiO2 thin-film passivation layers alone result in a lower effective carrier lifetime compared with that with an interlayer. However, SiO2 and Al2O3 interlayers enhance the TiO2 passivation of c-Si surfaces. Further annealing at 200 degrees C in N-2 gas enhances the surface passivation quality of TiO2 tremendously. From these findings, design principles for TiO2-Si heterojunction with optimized photovoltage, interface quality, and electron extraction to maximize the photovoltage of TiO2-Si heterojunction photovoltaic cells are formulated. Diode behaviour was analysed with the help of experimental, analytical, and simulation methods. It is predicted that TiO2 with a high carrier concentration is a preferable candidate for high-performance solar cells. The possible reasons for performance degradation in those devices with and without interlayers are also discussed. (C) 2017 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
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