Influence of Front and Back Contacts on Photovoltaic Performances of p-n Homojunction Si Solar Cell: Considering an Electron-Blocking Layer

Table 4

Different layers of electronic properties used in the APMS simulation.

Electronic properties	EBL	p-Si	n-Si
Relative permittivity, ɛr	11.9	11.9	11.9
Electron mobility, μn (cm^2/v-s)	40.0	20.0	20.0
Hole mobility, μp (cm^2/v-s)	4.0	2.0	2.0
Acceptor & donor concentration (cm^−3)	NA = 1.0 × 10^18	NA = 1.0 × 10^18	ND = 1.0 × 10^18
Bandgap (eV)	2.10	1.82	1.82
Effective density of states in the conduction band (cm^−3)	2.5 × 10^20	2.5 × 10^20	2.5 × 10^20
Effective density of states in the valence band (cm^−3)	2.5 × 10^20	2.5 × 10^20	2.5 × 10^20
Electron affinity (eV)	3.85	3.80	3.80