Impact and options for boron diffusions in buried contact solar cells

Alexander M. Slade; Christiana B. Honsberg; Stuart R. Wenham

doi:10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00152-5

Impact and options for boron diffusions in buried contact solar cells

Alexander M. Slade, Christiana B. Honsberg, Stuart R. Wenham

Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of (IAFSE)

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Abstract

Boron-diffused rear surfaces are used in place of an Al/Si alloy to form a back surface field (BSF) for single-sided buried contact (SSBC) cells. The findings are that a heavy boron diffusion over a large area can retain high bulk lifetime and have a low saturation current. SSBC solar cells that were made had the entire rear heavily boron diffused. These cells had open-circuit voltages of 650, 645, and 640 mV on 3 and 10 Ω cm p-type, and 100 Ω cm (rear junction) n-type, respectively.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11-15
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	66
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00152-5
State	Published - Feb 2001

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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Slade, A. M., Honsberg, C. B., & Wenham, S. R. (2001). Impact and options for boron diffusions in buried contact solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 66(1-4), 11-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00152-5

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