A primer to the photovoltaic effect in semiconductors The operation of solar cells is based on the photovoltaic effect that is the direct conversion of incident light into electricity by a p – n (or p – i – n) junction semiconductor device.
Currently, the market of PV modules is dominated by devices based on single-crystal and large-grain polycrystalline silicon wafers, which comprise some 85% of the deployed modules. The bulk Si photovoltaics realm is a mature and well-established technology.
The light-to-electric power conversion efficiency of the best modules offered on the market is over 20%. While there is still room for improvement, the device performance is approaching the thermodynamic limit of ∼28% for single-junction Si solar cells. The major challenge that the bulk Si solar cells face is, however, the cost reduction.
The GaAs and In 0.5 Ga 0.5 As photovoltaic layers were epitaxially grown on GaAs and InP substrates, respectively. Then, the upper GaAs subcell and the lower In 0.5 Ga 0.5 As subcell with an InP window layer atop were bonded to each other, followed by the removal of the GaAs substrate by chemical etching.
The combination of these two advanced technologies has been the key for boosting the conversion efficiency of Si-based solar cells up to the current record value of 26.7% set by Kaneka , . From the commercial point of view, Sanyo (now Panasonic) pioneered the SHJ solar cell in the early 1990s.
The effect of these current transport mechanisms is further elaborated in Sect. 3.5.1.1. When the Schottky barrier solar cell is illuminated, the photo-generated electrons flow into the semiconductor. This direction is opposite to the electron flow under forward bias in dark condition.
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