Finite- vs. infinite-source emitters in silicon photovoltaics: Effect on transition metal gettering

Hannu S. Laine; Ville Vähänissi; Zhengjun Liu; Haibing Huang; Ernesto Magana; Ashley E. Morishige; Nabil Khelifati; Sebastian Husein; Barry Lai; Mariana Bertoni; Djoudi Bouhafs; Tonio Buonassisi; David P. Fenning; Hele Savin

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749686

Finite- vs. infinite-source emitters in silicon photovoltaics: Effect on transition metal gettering

Hannu S. Laine, Ville Vähänissi, Zhengjun Liu, Haibing Huang, Ernesto Magana, Ashley E. Morishige, Nabil Khelifati, Sebastian Husein, Barry Lai, Mariana Bertoni, Djoudi Bouhafs, Tonio Buonassisi, David P. Fenning, Hele Savin

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Control of detrimental metal impurities is crucial to silicon solar cell performance. Traditional silicon solar cell emitters are diffused in an infinite-source regime and are known to cause strong point defect segregation towards the emitter and thus enhance bulk minority carrier diffusion length. With the advent of ion-implantation and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) glasses, finite-source diffused emitters are attracting interest. This contribution aims to increase their adoption by elucidating the dominant gettering mechanisms present in finite-source diffused emitters. Our findings indicate that infinite-source diffusion is critical for effective segregation gettering, but that high enough surface phosphorus concentration can activate segregation gettering via finite-source diffusion as well. In the case of ion-implanted emitters, the traditional segregation gettering may be considerably enhanced by impurity precipitation in the implanted layer.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	678-680
Number of pages	3
Volume	2016-November
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509027248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749686
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016 Conference number: 43

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Name	Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Abbreviated title	PVSC
Country	United States
City	Portland
Period	05/06/2016 → 10/06/2016

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Laine, H. S., Vähänissi, V., Liu, Z., Huang, H., Magana, E., Morishige, A. E., Khelifati, N., Husein, S., Lai, B., Bertoni, M., Bouhafs, D., Buonassisi, T., Fenning, D. P., & Savin, H. (2016). Finite- vs. infinite-source emitters in silicon photovoltaics: Effect on transition metal gettering. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 (Vol. 2016-November, pp. 678-680). [7749686] (Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749686

Laine, Hannu S. ; Vähänissi, Ville ; Liu, Zhengjun ; Huang, Haibing ; Magana, Ernesto ; Morishige, Ashley E. ; Khelifati, Nabil ; Husein, Sebastian ; Lai, Barry ; Bertoni, Mariana ; Bouhafs, Djoudi ; Buonassisi, Tonio ; Fenning, David P. ; Savin, Hele. / Finite- vs. infinite-source emitters in silicon photovoltaics : Effect on transition metal gettering. 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Vol. 2016-November IEEE, 2016. pp. 678-680 (Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Finite- vs. infinite-source emitters in silicon photovoltaics : Effect on transition metal gettering. / Laine, Hannu S.; Vähänissi, Ville ; Liu, Zhengjun ; Huang, Haibing; Magana, Ernesto; Morishige, Ashley E.; Khelifati, Nabil; Husein, Sebastian; Lai, Barry; Bertoni, Mariana; Bouhafs, Djoudi; Buonassisi, Tonio; Fenning, David P.; Savin, Hele.

2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Vol. 2016-November IEEE, 2016. p. 678-680 7749686 (Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Laine HS, Vähänissi V , Liu Z , Huang H, Magana E, Morishige AE et al. Finite- vs. infinite-source emitters in silicon photovoltaics: Effect on transition metal gettering. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Vol. 2016-November. IEEE. 2016. p. 678-680. 7749686. (Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749686

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