Low-cost rear side floating junction solar-cell issues on mc-Si

S. De Wolf*, F. Duerinckx, G. Agostinelli, G. Beaucarne

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Abstract

Rear side floating junction solar cells with localised contacts often show parasitic shunting losses. For p-type material, this is due to tunnelling that takes places between the passivating n+-type rear junction and the p+-type back surface field region underneath localised rear contacts. To avoid this, the rear metallisation and the passivation layer should electronically be separated. Alternatively, the (induced) doping concentration of these layers could be optimised. This paper discusses the constraints met upon incorporation of such lowly recombinative structures into a low-cost solar cell process on multi-crystalline Si (mc-Si) material.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3431-3437
Number of pages7
JournalSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume90
Issue number18-19
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 23 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Screenprinting
  • Surface passivation
  • Thin silicon wafers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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