Polycrystalline silicon solar cells on mullite substrates |
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Authors: | A Slaoui S Bourdais G Beaucarne J Poortmans S Reber |
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Affiliation: | a Laboratoire PHASE-CNRS, 23 Rue du Loess, F-67037 Strasbourg cedex, France;b IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium;c Fhg- ISE, Oltmannsstr. 5, 79100 Freiburg, Germany |
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Abstract: | Polycrystalline silicon layers have been grown on various alumino-silicate substrates in a rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) system at high temperatures (>1000°C). Structural analysis shows a columnar growth with grain sizes up to 15 μm and growth rates up to 5 μm/min. Solar cell devices on this fine-grained Si material result in a short-circuit current of about 13 mA/cm2 but a poor open-circuit voltage (<0.4 V). Larger grains obtained by the zone melting recrystallization (ZMR) technique boosted the current up to 26.1 mA/cm2, thanks to the light-trapping by the mullite substrate. Best efficiency is 8.2% on a 1 cm2 cell made on a 20 μm thick poly-Si layer. |
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Keywords: | Thin silicon Ceramic Photovoltaï c Light-trapping |
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