Intensity modulated short circuit current spectroscopy for solar cells

Abstract

Understanding charge separation and transport is momentously important for the rectification of solar cell performance. To probe photo-generated carrier dynamics, we implemented intensity modulated short circuit current spectroscopy (IMSCCS) on porous Si and Cu(In(x),Ga(1-x))Se(2) solar cells. In this experiment, the solar cells were lightened with sinusoidally modulated monochromatic light. The photocurrent response of the solar cell as a function of modulation frequency is measured as the optoelectronic transfer function of the system. The optoelectronic transfer function introduces the connection between the modulated light intensity and measured AC current of the solar cell. In this study, interaction of free carriers with the density of states of the porous Si and Cu(In(x),Ga(1-x))Se(2) solar cells was studied on the basis of charge transport time by IMSCCS data. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.