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- Title
SMART Cast‐Monocrystalline p‐Type Silicon Passivated Emitter and Rear Cells: Efficiency Benchmark and Bulk Lifetime Analysis.
- Authors
Maus, Stephan; Maischner, Felix; Riepe, Stephan; Greulich, Johannes; Lohmüller, Elmar; Schindler, Florian; Saint-Cast, Pierre; Krenckel, Patricia; Hess, Adam; Lohmüller, Sabrina; Wolf, Andreas; Preu, Ralf
- Abstract
Herein, boron‐doped cast‐monocrystalline silicon wafers that have been fabricated using the Seed Manipulation for ARtificially controlled defect Technique (SMART mono‐Si) are examined. Their suitability for passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) fabrication is investigated. Applying a zero busbar layout energy conversion efficiencies of η = 21.9% for SMART mono‐Si, η = 22.2% for gallium‐doped Cz‐Si (Cz‐Si:Ga), and η = 22.3% for boron‐doped Cz‐Si (Cz‐Si:B) are achieved at similar doping levels between 0.7 Ω cm ≤ ρB ≤ 1.0 Ω cm. Therefore, SMART mono‐Si PERCs show almost the same performance as Cz‐Si PERCs. Apart from the performance of SMART mono‐Si PERCs, the minority charge carrier bulk lifetime τB of the SMART mono‐Si wafers after different high‐temperature process steps in the PERC process flow is investigated. After emitter formation, this analysis confirms the high material quality of SMART mono‐Si yielding τB ≈ 1.3 ms at an injection level of Δn = 1015 cm−3. The bulk lifetime after firing is similar to the level determined for mCz‐Si:B and Cz‐Si:Ga reference wafers of similar doping level.
- Subjects
CHARGE carrier lifetime; SILICON wafers; ENERGY conversion; SMART materials; ENERGY consumption; SMART cities
- Publication
Solar RRL, 2021, Vol 5, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2367-198X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/solr.202000752