Simulated co-optimization of crystalline silicon solar cell throughput and efficiency using continuously ramping phosphorus diffusion profiles

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2213-2217

  Morishige, Ashley E ^a   Fenning, David P ^a   Hofstetter, Jasmin ^a   Powell, Douglas M ^a   Buonassisi, Tonio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

gettering; iron; minority carrier lifetime; phosphorus; photovoltaic; sheet resistance; silicon

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; CO-OPTIMIZATION; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DEFECT ENGINEERING; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; GETTERING; HOLD TIME; IRON DISTRIBUTION; METAL IMPURITIES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PROCESS COSTS; PROCESS TIME; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC; TOTAL IRONS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; IMPURITIES; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSILICON; SHEET RESISTANCE; SILICON; VOLCANOES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84869476934     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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