Abnormal dopant distribution in POCl3-diffused N+ emitter of textured silicon solar cells

Young Woo Ok; Ajeet Rohatgi; Yeon Ho Kil; Sung Eun Park; Dong Hwan Kim; Joon Sung Lee; Chel Jong Choi

doi:10.1109/LED.2010.2098840

Abnormal dopant distribution in POCl₃-diffused N⁺ emitter of textured silicon solar cells

Young Woo Ok, Ajeet Rohatgi, Yeon Ho Kil, Sung Eun Park, Dong Hwan Kim, Joon Sung Lee, Chel Jong Choi

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

We investigated 2-D dopant distribution in a POCl₃ -diffused n⁺ emitter formed on textured Si solar cells using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) combined with selective chemical etching. TEM and simulation results demonstrate that the convex and concave regions of a pyramid in the textured Si surface show deeper and shallower junctions, respectively. By considering a strong dependence of phosphorus (P) diffusion on the Si interstitials, the abnormal profile of n⁺ emitter in the textured Si surface could be attributed to the inhomogeneous distribution of Si interstitials caused by the geometry of the pyramid texture.

Original language	English
Article number	5680936
Pages (from-to)	351-353
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2010.2098840
Publication status	Published - 2011 Mar

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Manuscript received November 3, 2010; revised November 29, 2010; accepted December 3, 2010. Date of publication January 6, 2011; date of current version February 23, 2011. This work was supported in part by the New and Renewable Energy R&D program (2008-N-PV08-P-09) under the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy and in part by the World Class University program (R31-20029) of the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The review of this letter was arranged by Editor P. K.-L. Yu.

Keywords

Junction
Si interstitial
selective chemical etching
solar cells
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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