Present status and future prospects of silicon thin-film solar cells

M Konagai - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
In this report, an overview of the recent status of photovoltaic (PV) power generation is first
presented from the viewpoint of reducing CO 2 emission. Next, the Japanese roadmap for …

Silicon quantum dot nanostructures for tandem photovoltaic cells

G Conibeer, M Green, EC Cho, D König, YH Cho… - Thin Solid Films, 2008 - Elsevier
Tandem PV cells–with their increased efficiency due to a multi-band gap approach–usually
involve expensive materials and fabrication. Thin film approaches, with an engineered …

Silicon quantum dot/crystalline silicon solar cells

EC Cho, S Park, X Hao, D Song, G Conibeer… - …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Silicon (Si) quantum dot (QD) materials have been proposed for'all-silicon'tandem solar
cells. In this study, solar cells consisting of phosphorus-doped Si QDs in a SiO 2 matrix …

Control of size and distribution of silicon quantum dots in silicon dielectrics for solar cell application: A review

S Dutta, S Chatterjee, K Mallem, YH Cho, J Yi - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Nano-scale engineering for optoelectronic properties of silicon has shown its suitability in
the modern era of Photovoltaic. The major focus is on Silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) which …

Silicon quantum dots in a dielectric matrix for all‐silicon tandem solar cells

EC Cho, MA Green, G Conibeer, D Song… - Advances in …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We report work progress on the growth of Si quantum dots in different matrices for future
photovoltaic applications. The work reported here seeks to engineer a wide‐bandgap silicon …

Structural, electrical and photovoltaic characterization of Si nanocrystals embedded SiC matrix and Si nanocrystals/c-Si heterojunction devices

D Song, EC Cho, G Conibeer, C Flynn, Y Huang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2008 - Elsevier
Thin films of Si nanocrystals (Si NCs) embedded in a silicon carbide (SiC) matrix (Si-NC:
SiC) were prepared by alternating deposition of Si-rich silicon carbide (Si1− xCx) and near …

Rapid thermal annealing and crystallization mechanisms study of silicon nanocrystal in silicon carbide matrix

Z Wan, S Huang, MA Green, G Conibeer - Nanoscale research letters, 2011 - Springer
In this paper, a positive effect of rapid thermal annealing (RTA) technique has been
researched and compared with conventional furnace annealing for Si nanocrystalline in …

Photoluminescence from silicon quantum dots in Si quantum dots/amorphous SiC superlattice

Y Kurokawa, S Tomita, S Miyajima… - Japanese Journal of …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We prepared size-controlled silicon quantum dots superlattices (Si-QDSLs) by thermal
annealing of stoichiometric hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC: H)/silicon-rich …

Bayesian optimization of hydrogen plasma treatment in silicon quantum dot multilayer and application to solar cells

F Kumagai, K Gotoh, S Miyamoto, S Kato, K Kutsukake… - Discover Nano, 2023 - Springer
Silicon quantum dot multilayer (Si-QDML) is a promising material for a light absorber of all
silicon tandem solar cells due to tunable bandgap energy in a wide range depending on the …

Si-Rich Light-Emitting Diodes With Buried Si Quantum Dots

CH Cheng, CL Wu, CC Chen, LH Tsai… - IEEE Photonics …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The nonstoichiometric ITO/n-SiC/i-SiC/p-Si/Al light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with dense Si
quantum dots (Si-QDs) embedded in the Si-rich Si x C 1-x-based i-SiC layer are …