Naslov
P/Al co-gettering effectiveness in various polycrystalline silicon

Autori
Mahfoud, Khalid ; Pivac, Branko ; Muller, J.C.

Izvornik
Solar energy materials and solar cells (0927-0248) 46 (1997), 2; 123-131

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
silicon; gettering; defects; solar cells

Sažetak
The various polycrystalline silicon materials (cast ingots, ribbons) which are commercially available for the solar cells manufacturing differ very much among themselves due to the different growth processes. The resulting microstructure and impurity content will influence differently the material characteristics during thermal treatments inherent to the device manufacturing. As the gettering efficiency depends on the kind of polycrystalline material, the variations observed in the optimal gettering conditions or passivation will be discussed. In this paper, we compare the performances of various types of polycrystalline silicon upon classical and rapid thermal-process-induced co-diffusion of phosphorus and aluminium. We show that a large bulk minority carrier diffusion length enhancement occurs in the case of co-diffusion when compared to the separate diffusion of phosphorus and aluminium.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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