Fig. 1.
(Color online) The implied Voc of group III samples driven-in under different O2 flows of 50, 80, and 110 sccm, respectively.
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Caixia Hou, Rui Jia, Ke Tao, Shuai Jiang, Pengfei Zhang, Hengchao Sun, Sanjie Liu, Mingzeng Peng, Xinhe Zheng. Boron-rich layer removal and surface passivation of boron-doped p–n silicon solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2018, 39(12): 122004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/122004
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C X Hou, R Jia, K Tao, S Jiang, P F Zhang, H C Sun, S J Liu, M Z Peng, X H Zheng, Boron-rich layer removal and surface passivation of boron-doped p–n silicon solar cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2018, 39(12): 122004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/122004.
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Boron-rich layer removal and surface passivation of boron-doped p–n silicon solar cells
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/122004
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Abstract
In boron-doped p+–n crystalline silicon (Si) solar cells, p-type boron doping control and surface passivation play a vital role in the realization of high-efficiency and low cost pursuit. In this study, boron-doped p+-emitters are formed by boron diffusion in an open-tube furnace using borontribromide (BBr3) as precursor. The formed emitters are characterized in detail in terms of shape of the doping profile, surface doping concentration, junction depth, sheet resistance and removal of the boron-rich layer (BRL). In the aspect of BRL removal, three different methods were adopted to investigate their influence on device performance. The results demonstrate that our proposed chemical etch treatment (CET) with the proper etching time could be an effective way to remove the BRL. After removal of the BRL, Al2O3/SiNx stacks are deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) to passivate the cell surface. It was found that a reasonably-high implied Voc of 680 mV has been achieved for the fabricated n-type Si solar cells. -
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