Application of Photoluminescence to High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cell Fabrication

Author

Abbott, M.D. ; Cotter, J.E. ; Trupke, T. ; Fisher, K. ; Bardos, R.A.

Author_Institution

Centre for Excellence for Adv. Silicon Photovoltaics & Photonics, New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

1211

Lastpage

1214

Abstract

Photoluminescence (PL) characterization techniques have recently emerged as an accurate, fast, powerful tool for developing high-efficiency silicon solar cells. In this paper, we demonstrate the application of different PL techniques to several important aspects of high-efficiency solar cell development at UNSW: wafer handling, furnace contamination, process-induced defects, cell design and cell process monitoring

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; optical fabrication; process monitoring; semiconductor device manufacture; silicon; solar cells; Si; UNSW; furnace contamination; photoluminescence; process monitoring; process-induced defects; silicon solar cell fabrication; solar cell design; wafer handling; Charge carrier lifetime; Contamination; Fabrication; Furnaces; Low voltage; Photoluminescence; Photovoltaic cells; Pollution measurement; Process design; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279399

Filename

4059854