%0 Journal Article
%T Charge-induced series resistance switching in GaAs solar cells
%A P. A. Folkes
%A K. Olver
%J AIP Advances
%D 2012
%I AIP Publishing LLC
%R 10.1063/1.4774033
%X We report the observation of an abrupt decrease in the series resistance and a concurrent steep increase in the dark current at a threshold voltage, and subsequent hysteresis in the current-voltage characteristics of GaAs p-n junction solar cells. Our data suggests that the observed switch in the series resistance can be attributed to a thin insulating layer at the contact / semiconductor interface that contributes a voltage-and-light-dependent component to the solar cell series resistance.
%U http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4774033