Monitoring carrier transport and recombination in photovoltaic devices in real time

Y. Hazama; Y. Ishida; L. Zhu; C. Kim; S. Shin; H. Akiyama

doi:10.1117/12.2507736

27 February 2019 Monitoring carrier transport and recombination in photovoltaic devices in real time

Y. Hazama, Y. Ishida, L. Zhu, C. Kim, S. Shin, H. Akiyama

Proceedings Volume 10913, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VIII; 109130Y (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507736
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Transport and recombination of excess carriers in an InGaAs solar cell are investigated by using time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We found that photovoltage rises and decays over 820 ps and 980 ps, respectively, at the pump fluence of 0.16 μJ/cm². This result shows that charge separation and recombination occur in a close time scale while charge separation is substantially faster than recombination in a GaAs solar cell which we studied in the previous study. This implies that the InGaAs cell suffers from higher non-radiative recombination loss. We also analyze the limiting factor of the temporal resolution for the present technique. The temporal resolution can be improved by employing a light source with a higher photon energy while its benefit is not drastic. Alternative methods for the improvement are discussed. In addition, time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy was performed in order to compare the two time-resolved techniques. The photoluminescence decay of a GaAs cell shows a fast decay at a weak photo-injection level, which becomes slower at higher injection levels as observed in previous studies.

Citation Download Citation

Y. Hazama, Y. Ishida, L. Zhu, C. Kim, S. Shin, and H. Akiyama "Monitoring carrier transport and recombination in photovoltaic devices in real time", Proc. SPIE 10913, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VIII, 109130Y (27 February 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507736

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available