Photovoltage formation across Si p-n junction exposed to laser radiation

被引:3
作者
Asmontas, Steponas [1 ]
Gradauskas, Jonas [1 ]
Suziedelis, Algirdas [1 ]
Silenas, Aldis [1 ]
Sirmulis, Edmundas [1 ]
Svedas, Vitas [1 ]
Vaicikauskas, Viktoras [1 ]
Vaiciunas, Vytautas [1 ]
Zalys, Ovidijus [1 ]
Kostylyov, Vitaliy [2 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Phys Sci & Technol, Vilnius, Lithuania
[2] Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, V Lashkaryov Inst Semicond Phys, Kiev, Ukraine
关键词
silicon; laser radiation; p-n junction; solar cell; hot carriers;
D O I
10.1515/msp-2017-0106
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Photovoltage formation across Si p-n junction exposed to laser radiation is experimentally investigated. Illumination of the junction with 1.06 mu m wavelength laser radiation leads to formation of classical photovoltage U-ph due to intense electron-hole pair generation. When the photon energy is lower than the semiconductor forbidden energy gap, the photovoltage U is found to consist of two components, U = U-f + U-ph. The first U-f is a fast one having polarity of thermoelectromotive force of hot carriers. The second U-ph is classical photovoltage with polarity opposite to U-f. It is found that U-f is linearly dependent on laser intensity. The classical photovoltage is established to decrease with the rise of radiation wavelength due to decrease in two-photon absorption coefficient with wavelength. Predominance of each separate component in the formation of the net photovoltage depends on both laser wavelength and intensity.
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