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Charge Extraction
Lecture 9 – 10/06/2011 MIT Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
2.626/2.627 – Fall 2011 Prof. Tonio Buonassisi
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2.626/2.627 Roadmap
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2.626/2.627: Fundamentals
Charge Excitation
Charge Drift/Diff
usion
Charge Separation
Light Absorption
Charge Collection
Outputs
Solar Spectrum
Inputs
Conversion Efficiency Output Energy
Input Energy
Every photovoltaic device must obey:
For most solar cells, this breaks down into:
total absorptionexcitation drift/diffusion separation collection
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Liebig’s Law of the Minimum
total absorptionexcitation drift/diffusion separation collection
S. Glunz, Advances in Optoelectronics 97370 (2007)
Image by S. W. Glunz. License: CC-BY. Source: “High-Efficiency CrystallineSilicon Solar Cells.” Advances in OptoElectronics (2007).
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1. Describe the purpose of contacts, and their most common types.
2. Describe the impact of good and poor contacts on IV characteristics.
3. Sketch the IV characteristics of Schottky and Ohmic contacts.
4. Describe what fundamental material parameters determine the IV characteristics of a contact/semiconductor junction.
5. Sketch common band alignments (Types 1, 2, 3 junctions).
6. Sketch common solar cell device architectures.
Learning Objectives: Charge Extraction
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• …extract carriers from device.
• …prevent back-diffusion of carriers into device.
• …are studied extensively in the semiconductor industry (several good review papers) for “common” semiconductors.
• …are semiconductor-specific: While fundamentals generally apply universally, the devil is in the details, and each material system requires individual optimization.
• … are influenced heavily by surface states (i.e., repeatable surface preparation is a must!)
Contacts
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Materials Commonly Used for Contacts
• Metals
– Optically opaque.
– Electrically conductive.
• Transparent Conducting Oxides (TCOs)
– Optically transparent.
– Electrically conductive.
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Tra
nsp
aren
cy
1 3 2 0
0
1
Energy of light (eV)
Vis
ible
n - carrier conc. (cm-3)
- mobility (cm2/Vs)
e - charge per carrier
= n e
6 2 -2 -6 -10 -14 -18
Insulator Semi
conductor Metal
log (S/cm)
Quartz Glass Si Ge ITO Ag
Transparency
Transmittance: > 80% (Films)
Range: 400 ~ 700 nm
Band gap > 3.1eV
Conductivity ()
Properties of TCOs
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E3 = very small EF
CB
VB
E1 = Large
E2 = Large
How TCOs Work
E
x
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1. Describe the purpose of contacts, and their most common types.
2. Describe the impact of good and poor contacts on IV characteristics.
3. Sketch the IV characteristics of Schottky and Ohmic contacts.
4. Describe what fundamental material parameters determine the IV characteristics of a contact/semiconductor junction.
5. Sketch common band alignments (Types 1, 2, 3 junctions).
6. Sketch common solar cell device architectures.
Learning Objectives: Charge Extraction
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Vja V
J0
Equivalent Circuit: Simple Case
J J0 expqV
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ensi
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Voltage (V)
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Cu
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Voltage (V)
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Lin Scale
Log Scale
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Equivalent Circuit: Simple Case
Vja V
Rs J0
J J0 expq V JRs kT
1
JL
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Voltage (V)
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Voltage (V)
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Equivalent Circuit: Simple Case
J J0 expq V JRs kT
1
V JRs
Rsh
JL
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1.E-06
1.E-04
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Cu
rren
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mA
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Equivalent Circuit: Simple Case
J J0 expq V JRs kT
1
V JRs
Rsh
JL
Vja V
Rs
Rsh
J0
Firing contacts? Three possibilities: 1. Contact just right: low Rs, large Rsh. 2. “Underfired” contact: Poor contact with Si, large Rs. 3. “Overfired” contact: Metal drives too deep into Si, low Rsh.
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1. Describe the purpose of contacts, and their most common types.
2. Describe the impact of good and poor contacts on IV characteristics.
3. Sketch the IV characteristics of Schottky and Ohmic contacts.
4. Describe what fundamental material parameters determine the IV characteristics of a contact/semiconductor junction.
5. Sketch common band alignments (Type 1, 2, 3, and 4 junctions).
6. Sketch common solar cell device architectures.
Learning Objectives: Charge Extraction
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Classes of Contacts
• Ohmic: – Linear I-V curve.
– Typically used when charge separation is not a goal for metallization.
• Schottky: – Exponential I-V curve.
– Used when charge separation is desired.
Cu
rre
nt
(a.u
.)
Voltage (a.u.)
Ohmic and Schottky Contacts
Schottky
Ohmic
0
0
+
-
- +
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1. Describe the purpose of contacts, and their most common types.
2. Describe the impact of good and poor contacts on IV characteristics.
3. Sketch the IV characteristics of Schottky and Ohmic contacts.
4. Describe what fundamental material parameters determine the IV characteristics of a contact/semiconductor junction.
5. Sketch common band alignments (Types 1, 2, 3 junctions).
6. Sketch common solar cell device architectures.
Learning Objectives: Charge Extraction
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Step #1: Schottky Theory (the ideal case)
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Contacts: Schottky Model
q fM
q c
EC
EF
EV
Vacuum
Semiconductor Metal
E
x
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Contacts: Schottky Model
q fM q c
EC EF
EV
Vacuum
Semiconductor
Metal
E
x
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Contacts: Schottky Model
• For Ohmic contact: fm > fs
• Barrier Height: fb = fm - c
• Contact Potential: Vbi = fm - fs
• Space-charge region width:
http://www.iue.tuwien.ac.at/phd/ayalew/node56.html
W 2 s
qND
Vo
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Classes of Contacts
• Ohmic: – Electron barrier
height ≤ 0 (for n-type) – Linear I-V curve. – Typically used when
charge separation is not a goal for metallization.
• Schottky:
– Electron barrier height > 0 (for p-type)
– Exponential I-V curve. – Used when charge
separation is desired.
Cu
rre
nt
(a.u
.)
Voltage (a.u.)
Ohmic and Schottky Contacts
Schottky
Ohmic
0
0
+
-
- +
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Evaluating Metals for Contacts - Schottky Model
http://www.iue.tuwien.ac.at/phd/ayalew/node56.html
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Reality: Deviations from Schottky theory
• Substantial deviations from Schottky theory are possible, due to interface effects including: – Orientation-dependent surface states.
– Elemental nature of surface termination in binary compounds (e.g., A or B element?).
– Interface dipoles.
– and more…
http://www.iue.tuwien.ac.at/phd/ayalew/node56.html
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Role of Surface States
D.K. Schroder, IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 31, 637 (1984)
For related visuals, please see the lecture 9 video or the reference below.
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Contacts: Schottky Model
• For Ohmic contact: fm > fs
• Barrier Height: fb = fm - c
• Contact Potential: Vbi = fm - fs
• Space-charge region width:
http://www.iue.tuwien.ac.at/phd/ayalew/node56.html
W 2 s
qND
Vo
Courtesy of Tesfaye Ayalew. Used with permission.
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Thermionic Emission & Field Emission Effects
D.K. Schroder, IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 31, 637 (1984)
For related visuals, please see the lecture 9 video or the reference below.
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Evaluating Metals for Contacts - Practical
• Sources:
– Reference books
– Review articles
– Scientific articles
– Trusted websites
• NB:
– Surface states matter!! Be sure you have repeatable surface preparation.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130818214213/http://www.siliconfareast.com/ohmic_table.htm
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1. Describe the purpose of contacts, and their most common types.
2. Describe the impact of good and poor contacts on IV characteristics.
3. Sketch the IV characteristics of Schottky and Ohmic contacts.
4. Describe what fundamental material parameters determine the IV characteristics of a contact/semiconductor junction.
5. Sketch common band alignments (Types 1, 2, 3 junctions).
6. Sketch common solar cell device architectures.
Learning Objectives: Charge Extraction
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Evaluating Heterojunctions
Not always possible to dope a material both n- and p-type. Not always possible to find the perfect contact material. Need: heterojunction.
(At least) three types of heterojunction:
What junction will separate charge?
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Evaluating Heterojunctions
Simplest case (analogy to Schottky band alignment for metal-
semiconductor contacts): 1- Set chemical potential equal across entire device. 2- Then, align vacuum levels. 3- Note that VB and CB must follow vacuum levels.
E
x
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Evaluating Heterojunctions
Simplest case (analogy to Schottky band alignment for metal-
semiconductor contacts): 1- Set chemical potential equal across entire device. 2- Then, align vacuum levels. 3- Note that VB and CB must follow vacuum levels.
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