Rapid thermal processing of conventionally and electromagnetically cast 100 cm/sup 2/ multicrystalline silicon
- 1 January 1996
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Vol. 387 (01608371) , 621-624
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.1996.564205
Abstract
100 cm/sup 2/ n/sup +/pp/sup +/ solar cells have been fabricated by rapid thermal processing (RTP) on conventionally cast (CC) and electromagnetically cast (EMC) multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si). All thermal steps were carried out by fast-ramp (>30/spl deg/C/s) RTP using tungsten-halogen lamps. Emitter and BSF were simultaneously formed by RTP co-diffusion of phosphorous and boron/or aluminum (50-60 seconds) and surface passivation by rapid thermal oxidation, RTO (40-50 seconds). The all-RTP process resulted in 14.1% and 13.3% efficient cells on CC and EMC mc-Si respectively. The EMC cells, when subjected to an additional plasma hydrogen treatment, improved to give the same efficiency as the CC mc-Si cells. Systematic lifetime measurements performed on these materials show that the degradation in the EMC mc-Si is mainly due to the activated crystallographic defects, responding favourably to hydrogenation treatments but poorly to RT-gettering treatments. On the other hand, significant gettering effects are observed in CC mc-Si.Keywords
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