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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 25, Issue 20, Pages 23862-23872Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.023862
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- Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion (IITP) [IITP-2017-2017-0-01015]
- Ministry of trade, industry and energy (MOTIE)
- Korea Semiconductor Research Consortium (KSRC) [10044735]
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GaAs solar cells with nanostructured emitter layers were fabricated via metal-assisted chemical etching. Au nanoparticles produced via thermal treatment of Au thin films were used as etch catalysts to texture an emitter surface with nanohole structures. Epi-wafers with emitter layers 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 um in thickness were directly textured and a window layer removal process was performed before metal catalyst deposition. A nanohole-textured emitter layer provides effective light trapping capabilities, reducing the surface reflection of a textured solar cell by 11.0%. However, because the nanostructures have high surface area to volume ratios and large numbers of defects, various photovoltaic properties were diminished by high recombination losses. Thus, we have studied the application of nanohole structures to GaAs emitter solar cells and investigated the cells' antireflection and photovoltaic properties as a function of the nanohole structure and emitter thickness. Due to decreased surface reflection and improved shunt resistance, the solar cell efficiency increased from 4.25% for non-textured solar cells to 7.15% for solar cells textured for 5 min. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
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