Title :
Improvement of the emitter properties by controlling the interface Between dopant and substrate in laser doping for textured silicon
Author :
Nishimura, Hideki ; Tanaka, Shoji ; Morisaki, Shuji ; Yumoto, Shingo ; Fuyuki, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Mater. Sci., Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Ikoma, Japan
Abstract :
It is important for emitter properties to strengthen adhesion of interface between dopant and substrate in laser doping (LD). In past study, emitter properties were improved by using smooth surface compared to rough surface in LD for multi-crystalline silicon. In this study, we tried to improve emitter properties by changing interface condition from hydrophobic to hydrophilic in LD for textured surface crystalline silicon. In the result, adhesion of the interface between dopant and substrate was strengthened and surface roughness was reduced. Finally, we achieved improvement of photovoltaic characteristic in LD for textured silicon solar cell.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; laser materials processing; semiconductor doping; silicon; solar cells; Si; dopant; emitter properties; hydrophilic; hydrophobic; interface adhesion; interface condition; laser doping; multicrystalline silicon; photovoltaic characteristic; substrate; surface roughness; textured silicon solar cell; textured surface crystalline silicon; Rough surfaces; Silicon; Substrates; Surface emitting lasers; Surface roughness; Surface texture; Surface topography; laser doping; photovoltaic cells; silicon; surface texture;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744923