Effects of rapid thermal process on the junction properties of aluminum rear emitter solar cells

Sungeun Park, Young Do Kim, Soohyun Bae, Seongtak Kim, Jooyong Song, Hyunho Kim, Hyo Min Park, Soomin Kim, Sung Ju Tark, Donghwan Kim

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    Abstract

    N-type silicon with aluminum emitters for rear junctions was studied; aluminum back surface fields were replaced with n-type silicon wafers. Aluminum rear emitters for n-type silicon solar cells were studied with various rapid thermal processing conditions. With fast ramping-up and fast cooling, an aluminum rear junction was formed uniformly with low emitter recombination current. The effects of junction quality on solar cell efficiency were investigated.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)731-734
    Number of pages4
    JournalMetals and Materials International
    Volume18
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Aug

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by a Human Resources Development grant from the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) funded by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Republic of Korea (No. 20104010100640), and this work was supported by the New & Renewable Energy of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Knowledge Economy (No. 20093021010010).

    Keywords

    • Aluminium rear emitter
    • Junction properties
    • Rapid thermal process
    • Si solar cells

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Materials Chemistry

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