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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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[pt] A INFLUÊNCIA DOS DEFEITOS CRISTALINOS NA EFICIÊNCIA DE CÉLULAS SOLARES DE BANDA INTERMEDIÁRIA BASEADAS EM SEMICONDUTORES III-V / [en] THE ROLE OF DEFECTS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF INTERMEDIATE BAND SOLAR CELLS BASED ON III-V SEMICONDUCTORS

LIDA JANETH COLLAZOS PAZ 09 February 2021 (has links)
[pt] Neste trabalho tem sido investigado a presença de defeitos em células solares de banda intermediária (IB) de GaAs con pontos quânticos (PQs) de InAs. As três células estudadas contêm camadas de separação entre as camadas de PQs, as quais foram crescidas à diferentes temperaturas, e camadas delgadas de recobrimento dos PQs de diferentes espessuras. As eficiências de conversão de energia destas células foram medidas previamente, sendo que a célula com camadas de separação crescidas à 700 graus C e com camadas de recobrimento de 3 nm é a mais eficiente (6.9 por cento). As outras duas células com camadas de recobrimento de 6 nm apresentam menores eficiências: uma, com camadas separadoras crescidas à 700 graus C, com 5.1 por cento, e a outra, com camadas separadoras crescidas à 630 graus C, com 2.8 por cento. Estudos de DLTS e Laplace DLTS mostram que há um grande número de defeitos em altas concentrações na célula menos eficiente, enquanto nas outras duas células só é detetado o mesmo defeito EL2 em menores concentrações. Portanto, a redução dos defeitos induz o incremento da eficiência das células IB. Amostras adicionais foram crescidas e estudadas pelas mesmas técnicas, entre elas, três células solares com estruturas idênticas às das células IB, mas sem PQs, e quatro amostras GaAs mono-camada dopadas com carbono e silício, similares às camadas de contacto p e n das células IB. Do estudo das três células sem PQs foi possível determinar que alguns defeitos nas células IB são induzidos pelas condições de crescimento dos PQs ou são induzidos pela temperatura de crescimento das camadas separadoras. O estudo das amostras mono-camada indicou a presença de defeitos nos contatos p e n que podem armadilhar os portadores foto-excitados nas células sob operação e, portanto, limitar a eficiência delas. Os resultados deste trabalho contribuem para desenvolver novas estratégias para crescimento epitaxial de células IB no laboratório LabSem na PUC-Rio. / [en] Defects present in structures of intermediate band (IB) solar cells of GaAs with InAs quantum dots (QDs) grown by MOVPE have been investigated. The three studied IB solar cells differ in the growth temperature of the spacer layers that separate the InAs QD layers in the active region and the thickness of the thin layer that capping each QD layer. Previously, the energy conversion efficiencies of these cells were measured and the cell with the highest spacer layer-growth temperature (700 C degrees) and thinner capping layer (3 nm) showed the highest efficiency, about 6.9 percent. The cells with thicker capping layers (6 nm) showed lower efficiencies, one of them, with spacer layers grown at 700 C degrees, reaching 5.1 percent, and the other one, with spacer layers grown at 600 C degrees, reaching only 2.8 percent. In this work, DLTS and Laplace DLTS studies show that the cell with the lowest efficiency has the largest number and highest concentrations of defects, unlike the other two cells, which have only one trap, EL2, in lower concentrations. These results demonstrate that the different growth conditions are determinant for the formation of defects and that the defect reduction leads to the increase of the IB solar cell efficiencies. Other samples were also grown and studied by the same techniques: three solar cells with identical structure as the IB solar cells, but without QDs, and individually doped GaAs samples that represent the p and n contact sides of the IB solar cells. From the study of the cells without QDs, the origin of some defects in the IB solar cells was found to be related to the QD growth conditions or related to the spacer layer-growth temperature. The study of the GaAs samples indicated the presence of defects in the p and n sides that could trap photo-excited carriers collected through these contacts during cell operation and thus reduce the efficiency. The results of this work allow developing new strategies to improve the epitaxial growth quality of IB solar cells in the laboratory of semiconductors LabSem of PUC-Rio where the studied samples were grown.

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