Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for Photovoltaics: Volume 1: Fundamental Principles and Solar Cell Characterization

✍ Scribed by Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Robert W. Collins

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 602
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences 212
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a basic understanding of spectroscopic ellipsometry, with a focus on characterization methods of a broad range of solar cell materials/devices, from traditional solar cell materials (Si, CuInGaSe2, and CdTe) to more advanced emerging materials (Cu2ZnSnSe4, organics, and hybrid perovskites), fulfilling a critical need in the photovoltaic community.

The book describes optical constants of a variety of semiconductor light absorbers, transparent conductive oxides and metals that are vital for the interpretation of solar cell characteristics and device simulations. It is divided into four parts: fundamental principles of ellipsometry; characterization of solar cell materials/structures; ellipsometry applications including optical simulations of solar cell devices and online monitoring of film processing; and the optical constants of solar cell component layers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xx
Introduction (Hiroyuki Fujiwara)....Pages 1-16
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
Measurement Technique of Ellipsometry (Robert W. Collins)....Pages 19-58
Data Analysis (James N. Hilfiker, Jianing Sun, Nina Hong)....Pages 59-88
Optical Properties of Semiconductors (Maria Isabel Alonso, Miquel Garriga)....Pages 89-113
Dielectric Function Modeling (James N. Hilfiker, Tom Tiwald)....Pages 115-153
Effect of Roughness on Ellipsometry Analysis (Hiroyuki Fujiwara)....Pages 155-172
Front Matter ....Pages 173-173
Ex Situ Analysis of Multijunction Solar Cells Based on Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon (Zhiquan Huang, Lila R. Dahal, Prakash Koirala, Wenhui Du, Simon Cao, Xunming Deng et al.)....Pages 175-200
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells (Gerald E. Jellison Jr., Pooran C. Joshi)....Pages 201-225
Amorphous/Crystalline Si Heterojunction Solar Cells (Hiroyuki Fujiwara)....Pages 227-252
Optical Properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (Hiroyuki Fujiwara)....Pages 253-280
Real Time and In-Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry of CuyIn1−xGaxSe2 for Complex Dielectric Function Determination and Parameterization (Abdel-Rahman A. Ibdah, Puruswottam Aryal, Puja Pradhan, Sylvain Marsillac, Nikolas J. Podraza, Robert W. Collins)....Pages 281-331
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 and Related Materials (Sukgeun Choi)....Pages 333-355
Real Time and Mapping Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for CdTe Photovoltaics (Prakash Koirala, Jian Li, Nikolas J. Podraza, Robert W. Collins)....Pages 357-413
High Efficiency III–V Solar Cells (Nikolas J. Podraza)....Pages 415-438
Organic Solar Cells (Maria Isabel Alonso, Mariano Campoy-Quiles)....Pages 439-461
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells (Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Nikolas J. Podraza, Maria Isabel Alonso, Masato Kato, Kiran Ghimire, Tetsuhiko Miyadera et al.)....Pages 463-507
Solar Cells with Photonic and Plasmonic Structures (Peter Petrik)....Pages 509-522
Transparent Conductive Oxide Materials (Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Shohei Fujimoto)....Pages 523-563
High-Mobility Transparent Conductive Oxide Layers (Takashi Koida)....Pages 565-586
Back Matter ....Pages 587-594

✦ Subjects

Physics; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices; Optical and Electronic Materials; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Renewable and Green Energy