Advancement and Challenges for Schottkey Barrier MIS/SIS Solar Cells: A Review

Dasgupta, Kaustuv; Chowdhury, Kunal; Mondal, Anup; Ray, Sudhabindu; Gangopadhyay, Utpal

doi:10.1007/s41403-021-00263-6

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“…Due to an uncomplicated and economical fabrication process, such as the direct deposition of a thin metal layer on a polycrystalline semiconductor wafer, the Schottky barrier has received high consideration from science society [1][2][3]. Unfortunately, this benefit concurrently turns into a drawback since the thickness of the thin metal layer will negatively impact the light absorption of the semiconductor [4]. Thanks to intense research efforts, several methods are issued to improve this matter [5][6][7].…”

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Enhancement of Schottky Junction Silicon Solar Cell with CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots Decorated Metal Nanostructures

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Recently, in the solar energy society, several key technologies have been reported to meet a grid parity, such as cost-efficient materials, simple processes, and designs. Among them, the assistive plasmonic of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) integrating with the downshifting on luminescent materials attracts much attention. Hereby, Si-based Schottky junction solar cells are fabricated and examined to enhance the performance. CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with different gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) sizes were incorporated on a Si light absorbing layer. Due to the light scattering effect from plasmonic resonance, the sole Au NPs layer results in the overall enhancement of Si solar cell’s efficiency in the visible spectrum. However, the back-scattering and high reflectance of Au NPs lead to efficiency loss in the UV region. Therefore, the QDs layer acting as a luminescent downshifter is deployed for further efficiency enhancement. The QDs layer absorbs high-energy photons and re-emits lower energy photons in 528 nm of wavelength. Such a downshift layer can enhance the overall efficiency of Si solar cells due to poor intrinsic spectral response in the UV region. The optical properties of Au NPs and CdSe QDs, along with the electrical properties of solar cells in combination with Au/QD layers, are studied in depth. Moreover, the influence of Au NPs size on the solar cell performance has been investigated. Upon decreasing the diameters of Au NPs, the blueshift of absorbance has been observed, cooperating with QDs, which leads to the improvement of the quantum efficiency in the broadband of the solar spectrum.

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