High-flux solar furnace processing of silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 41-42, Issue , 1996, Pages 41-51

  Tsuo, Y S ^b   Pitts, J R ^b   Landry, M D ^b   Menna, P ^a,b   Bingham, C E ^b   Lewandowski, A ^b   Ciszek, T F ^b  

^a ENEA CR Portici   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FABRICATION; FURNACES; HEAT TREATMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COLD WALL PROCESS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; FURNACE DIFFUSION; HIGH FLUX SOLAR FURNACE; INCIDENT SOLAR FLUX;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 17344385000     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-0248(95)00099-2     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. A. Lewandowski, Environmentally conscious manufacturing newsletter, US Dept. of Energy 4(1) (1993).
2. A. Lewandowski, Mat. Tech. 8 (1993) 237-249.
3. J.R. Pitts, Private Communication.
4. B. Hartiti, R. Schindler, A. Slaoui, B. Wagner, J.C. Muller, I. Reis, A. Eyer and P. Siffert, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2 (1994) 129-142.
5. R.Z. Bachrach, K. Winer, J.B. Boyce, S.E. Ready, R.I. Johnson and G.B. Anderson, J. Electronic Materials 19 (1990) 241.
6. A. Rohatgi, Z. Chen, P. Doshi, T, Pham and D. Ruby, Appl. Phys. Lett. 65 (1994) 2087-2089.
7. W. Schroter, M. Seibt and D. Gilles, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 4 (VCH Publishers, NY, 1991).
8. S. Wolf and R.N. Tauber, Silicon Processing for the VLSI Era, Vol.1 (Lattice Press, 1986).
9. A. Rohatgi, P. Sana, M.S. Ramanachalam, J. Salami and W.B. Carter, Proc. 23rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf., 1993, pp. 52-57.
10. M.A. Green, High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells (Trans Tech Publications, Brookfield, VT, 1987).
11. M.R. Poponiak, US Patent 3,929,529, (1975).
12. V.E. Borisenko and A.M. Dorofeev, MRS Symp. Proc. 13 (1983) 375.
13. S.Y. Shieh and J.W. Evans, J. Electrochem. Soc. 140 (1993) 1094.
14. C.S. Chen and D.K. Schroder, J. Appl. Phys. 71 (1992) 5858.
15. S.M. Meyers, D.M. Follstaedt, D.M. Bishop and J.W. Medernach, in: H.R. Huff, W. Bergholz and K. Sumino (Ed.), Proc. of Semiconductor Silicon, 1994, p. 808.
16. J. Wong-Leung, C.E. Ascheron, M. Petravic, R.G. Elliman and J.S. Williams, Gettering of copper to hydrogen-induced cavities in silicon, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66 (1995) 1231-1233.
17. P. Menna, Y.S. Tsuo, M. Al-Jassim, S. Asher, F.J. Pern and T.F. Ciszek, Light emitting porous silicon from cast metallurgical grade silicon, Appl. Phys. Lett., submitted.
18. P. Menna, G. Di Francia and V. La Ferrara, Porous Silicon in Solar Cells - A Review and a Description of Its Applications as an Anti-Reflection Coating, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, to be published.
19. C.P. Khattak and K.V. Ravi (Eds.), Silicon Processing for Photovoltaics I (North-Holland Physics Publishing, Amsterdam, 1985).
20. W. Luft and Y.S. Tsuo, Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Alloy Deposition Processes, Ch. 15 (Dekker, NY, 1993).
21. K. Nakazawa and K. Tanaka, J. Appl. Phys. 68 (1990) 1029.
22. T. Matsuyama, T. Baba, T. Takahama, S. Tsuda, H. Nishiwaki and S. Nakano, Proc. 12th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conf., 11-15 April 1994; also T. Matsuyama, T. Baba, T. Takahama, S. Tsuda and S. Nakano, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 34 (1994) 285-289.
23. T. Matsuyama, T. Baba, T. Takahama, S. Tsuda, H. Nishiwaki and S. Nakano, Proc. 12th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conf., 11-15 April 1994; also T. Matsuyama, T. Baba, T. Takahama, S. Tsuda and S. Nakano, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 34 (1994) 285-289.
24. J.R. Troxell, M.I. Harrington and R.A. Miller, IEEE Electron Device Lett. EDL-8 (1987) 576.
25. K.F. Sera, Okumura, H. Uchida, S. Itoh, S. Kaneko and K. Hotta, IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 36 (1989) 2868.
26. R. Shimokawa, K. Ishii, H. Nishikawa, T. Takahashi, Y. Hayashi, I. Saito, F. Nagamine and S. Igari, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 34 (1994) 277-283.
27. S. Arimoto, H. Morikawa, M. Deguchi, Y. Kawama, Y. Matsuno, T. Ishihara, H. Kumabe and T. Murotani, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 34 (1994) 257-262.
28. R.E. Hollingsworth and P.K. Bhat, Appl. Phys. Lett. 64 (1994) 616-618.