• DocumentCode
    2549883
  • Title

    Large grain thin film polycrystalline silicon solar cells using zone melting recrystallization

  • Author

    Deguchi, M. ; Morikawa, H. ; Itagaki, T. ; Ishihara, T. ; Namizaki, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    7-11 Oct 1991
  • Firstpage
    986
  • Abstract
    Large-grain polycrystalline silicon thin films have been successfully obtained using the zone melting recrystallization (ZMR) technique. The grain size extended from the order of millimeters to centimeters along the scanning direction without seeding. Film thickness was 30 μm. Solar cells fabricated using these films showed efficiency of several percent. EBIC measurement revealed that the recrystallized film contained many defects which limited the efficiency
  • Keywords
    EBIC; elemental semiconductors; grain size; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; zone melting; 30 micron; EBIC measurement; Si; grain size; large grain thin film; polycrystalline silicon solar cells; zone melting recrystallization; Costs; Crystallization; Grain size; Heating; Lamps; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor films; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon on insulator technology; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-636-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.1991.169357
  • Filename
    169357