Improved LDSE processing for the avoidance of overplating yielding 19.2% efficiency on commercial grade crystalline Si solar cell

Eunjoo Lee; Hyunwoo Lee; Junyoung Choi; Dongjun Oh; Jimyung Shim; Kyungyeun Cho; Jisun Kim; Soohong Lee; Brett Hallam; Stuart R. Wenham; Haeseok Lee

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.030

Improved LDSE processing for the avoidance of overplating yielding 19.2% efficiency on commercial grade crystalline Si solar cell

Eunjoo Lee, Hyunwoo Lee, Junyoung Choi, Dongjun Oh, Jimyung Shim, Kyungyeun Cho, Jisun Kim, Soohong Lee, Brett Hallam, Stuart R. Wenham, Haeseok Lee

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Abstract

A record in laser doped selective emitter (LDSE) solar cells with an efficiency η=19.2% is reported. In this study, we investigate the effect of SiN_x films for laser doped selective emitter solar cells with plated front contacts. It is observed that the condition of processes such as silicon nitride and laser doping (LD) is of critical importance prior to light induced plating. If these processes are not performed optimally, localized shunts may form during the light induced plating (LIP) process that then inhibit plating in the surrounding areas. In the previous work an efficiency of 18.3% has been achieved, even though the fill factor was only 74.2% and the cell suffered from additional shunting and shading losses due to overplating. However, in this work, we demonstrate that with the optimization of the PECVD SiN_x and metallization processes, cells have reached efficiencies of more than 19% on commercial grade p-type CZ Si substrates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3592-3595
Number of pages	4
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	95
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.030
Publication status	Published - 2011 Dec
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Laser doping
Plating
Selective emitter
Silicon
Solar cell

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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