Table 1 Some important material parameters listed along with their sources.

From: Investigation of ZnMgO/µc-Si thin-film solar cell using two-dimensional numerical simulation

Parameters

ZnMgO (n+)

µc-Si (p)

Acceptor doping density, NA (cm− 3)

1017

Donor doping density, ND (cm− 3)

1017 − 1019

Thickness (µm)

0.17519

1–5

Bandgap, Eg (eV)

3.3–3.919

1.45

Electron affinity (eV)

3.6–4.719

3.9

Effective lifetime of electrons, \(\:{\tau\:}_{n}^{eff}\) (μs)

0.00919

528

Effective lifetime of holes, \(\:{\tau\:}_{p}^{eff}\) (μs)

0.00919

528

Peak of gaussian distributed donor trap density, \(\:{n}_{gD}\) (cm− 2)

1010 − 1014

1010 − 1014

Peak of gaussian distributed acceptor trap density, \(\:{n}_{gA}\) (cm− 2)

1010 − 1014

1010 − 1014

Energy level of gaussian distributed acceptor traps, \(\:{e}_{gA}\) (eV)

Mid-gap32

0.725

Energy level of gaussian distributed donor traps, \(\:{e}_{gD}\) (eV)

Mid-gap32

0.725

Electron mobility, µn (cm2V− 1s− 1)

1619

5029

Hole mobility, µp (cm2V− 1s− 1)

419

2029

Relative permittivity, \(\:{\in\:}_{r}\)

927

11.2

Width of the device (µm)

1

ZnO/µc-Si interface trap density, \(\:{N}_{t}\) (cm− 2)

1010 − 1014