Title :
Energy Band Parameters in Phosphorus Doped-Carbon/P-Silicon Solar Cell
Author :
Mominuzzaman, Sharif M. ; Hasanuzzaman, M. ; Rusop, M. ; Soga, T. ; Jimbo, T. ; Umeno, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Environ. Technol., Nagoya Inst. of Technol.
Abstract :
Phosphorus-doped carbon (n-C) films are deposited on p-type silicon substrate by pulsed laser deposition technique using a camphoric carbon soot target. The band diagram of the n-C/p-Si heterojunction has been constructed from temperature dependence conductivity and optical gap measurements. We have estimated a simple discontinuity in conduction band. The conduction band discontinuity is small (0.04eV), therefore, minority carriers in the second semiconductor will not be impeded from flowing across the junction. Phosphorus doped semiconducting carbon obtained from camphoric carbon soot target on silicon is favourable for solar cell applications is predicted
Keywords :
carbon; conduction bands; elemental semiconductors; optical constants; phosphorus; pulsed laser deposition; semiconductor heterojunctions; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; thermoelectricity; C-Si; Si; camphoric carbon soot target; conduction band; energy band parameters; heterojunction; minority carriers; optical gap; p-type silicon substrate; phosphorus-doped carbon films; pulsed laser deposition; semiconducting carbon; solar cell; temperature dependence conductivity; Conductivity; Heterojunctions; Optical films; Optical pulses; Photovoltaic cells; Pulsed laser deposition; Semiconductor films; Silicon; Substrates; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279444