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Effect of hydrogenated silicon film microstructure on the surface states of n-type silicon nanowires and solar cells

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Here various microstructure hydrogenated silicon has been used to passivate n-type silicon nanowires (SiNWs) and its core/shell solar cells. There are two differences in photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy between SiNWs and passivated SiNWs: (a) the increased PL intensity and (b) a blue-shift of the PL peak. Through analyzing the PL results, we found the infrared band at 800 nm is associated with dangling bonds on SiNWs. The performance of the core/shell SiNWs solar cells are improved attributed to reduced surface defects by the intrinsic Si:H layer passivation. Furthermore, the passivation effect with a-Si:H layer is better than its counterpart with µc-Si:H layer, which is due to the different microstructures especially the hydrogen-terminated.

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This work was supported by the Science Challenge Project under Grant No. TZ2016003-1.

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  1. Microsystem and Terahertz Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chengdu, 610200, China

    Ping Yang

  2. Institute of Electronic Engineering, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621999, China

    Ping Yang

  3. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xiangbo Zeng

  4. State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China

    Xiangbo Zeng

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Yang, P., Zeng, X. Effect of hydrogenated silicon film microstructure on the surface states of n-type silicon nanowires and solar cells. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 3066–3071 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-05056-1

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