57Fe charge states in MC-Si solar cells under light illumination after GeV-implantation of 57Mn

Yutaka Yoshida; Kunifumi Suzuki; Yoshio Kobayashi; Takashi Nagatomo; Yuki Akiyama; Kenichi Yukihira; Kazuo Hayakawa; Hideki Ueno; Akihiro Yoshimi; Daisuke Nagae; Koichiro Asahi; Guido Langouche

doi:10.1007/s10751-011-0424-3

⁵⁷Fe charge states in MC-Si solar cells under light illumination after GeV-implantation of ⁵⁷Mn

Yutaka Yoshida, Kunifumi Suzuki, Yoshio Kobayashi, Takashi Nagatomo, Yuki Akiyama, Kenichi Yukihira, Kazuo Hayakawa, Hideki Ueno, Akihiro Yoshimi, Daisuke Nagae, Koichiro Asahi, Guido Langouche

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Abstract

Immediately after the GeV-implantation of ⁵⁷Mn nuclei produced by the RIKEN-RIBF facility, ⁵⁷Mn/ ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectra in Si-solar cells are measured under light illumination. Comparing with the spectrum of p-type multi-crystalline-Si, the broad spectra of the solar cell under operation can be analyzed as a superposition of interstitial and substitutional Fe components with different charge states. The charge states of Fe impurities are created by the excess carrier injection followed by a directional carrier flow in the p-n junction. The present results provide us a possibility to clarify the carrier trapping process at the Fe impurities in Si-solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-137
Number of pages	5
Journal	Hyperfine Interactions
Volume	204
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0424-3
Publication status	Published - Mar 1 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carrier trapping
Energy conversion efficiency
Fe impurity
Mn/ Fe implantation Mössbauer spectroscopy
Si solar cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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