학술논문

Industrial type passivation on interdigitated back junction solar cells
Document Type
Conference
Source
2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE. :000964-000967 Jun, 2009
Subject
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Passivation
Photovoltaic cells
Charge carriers
Silicon
Costs
Photovoltaic systems
Solar power generation
Lifetime estimation
Rapid thermal processing
Thermal conductivity
Language
ISSN
0160-8371
Abstract
Interdigitated Back Junction (IBJ) solar cells are suited to be realized on thin wafers, since they need a combination of high diffusion lengths and thin substrates. Here we present an industrial type passivation stack at the rear surface of an IBJ solar cell, consisting of a low quality SiO 2 and a SiN x layer, which has proven its value in the i-PERC concept developed at IMEC. Quasi-Steady-State Photo Conductance (QSSPC) lifetime measurements indicate an improvement of lifetime from 10µs to 180µs after application and rapid thermal processing (RTP) of the industrial passivation stack. For the IBJ solar cell concept without back surface field (BSF); this results in an absolute increase in energy conversion efficiency of 2% absolute, going from 14% to 16% and with a BSF up to 18%. Out of the presented cell data we can conclude the excellent passivation quality of the applied industrial passivation stack.