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Polarization photosensitivity of silicon solar cells with an antireflection coating consisting of a mixture of indium and tin oxides

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The photoelectric properties of ITO/n-Si solar cells with ITO-side oblique incidence of linearly polarized light on the solar cells have been studied. Polarization photosensitivity and an increase in the relative quantum efficiency of photoconversion as a result of a decrease in reflection losses were found. The induced photopleochroism coefficient P I increases with the angle of incidence θ as P I ∼θ 2. The polarization photosensitivity of solar cells was studied as a function of the photon energy between the band gaps of the two contiguous materials. The results show that the solar cells studied can be used as selective polarimetric photosensors.

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  1. State University of Moldovia, Kishinev, Moldovia

    V. M. Botnaryuk, A. V. Koval’, A. V. Simashkevich & D. A. Sherban

  2. State Technical University, 195251, St. Petersburg, Russia

    V. Yu. Rud’

  3. A. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russia Academy of Sciences, 194021, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yu. V. Rud’

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Fiz. Tekh. Poluprovodn. 31, 800–805 (July 1997)

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Botnaryuk, V.M., Koval’, A.V., Simashkevich, A.V. et al. Polarization photosensitivity of silicon solar cells with an antireflection coating consisting of a mixture of indium and tin oxides. Semiconductors 31, 677–680 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1187064

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