P-n结

pn 结将太阳能电池中的电子和空穴载流子分开，以产生电压和有用功。还有许多其他可能的方法可以从太阳能电池中提取载流子，例如金属-绝缘层-半导体1 ，甚至载流子选择性接触2,3。然而，pn 结是最常用的，对它的分析为其他器件提供了基础。

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• 2. “Heterojunction and Nanostructured Photovoltaic Device: Theory and Experiment”, Arizona State University, 2011.
• 3. “SPIE ProceedingsNon PN junction solar cells using carrier selective contacts”, in SPIE OPTOPhysics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices II, San Francisco, California, USA, 2013.