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Influence of Intrinsic Silicon Layer and Intermediate Silicon Oxide Layer on the Performance of Inline PECVD Deposited Boron-Doped TOPCon

In this article, the development and optimization of carrier-selective and passivating contacts by industry-scale inline plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and their successful integration into solar cells are reported. Amorphous Si thin films with varying carbon content (SiC x ) were deposit...

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Published in:IEEE journal of photovoltaics 2021-07, Vol.11 (4), p.936-943
Main Authors: Harter, Angelika, Polzin, Jana-Isabelle, Tutsch, Leonard, Temmler, Jan, Hofmann, Marc, Moldovan, Anamaria, Feldmann, Frank
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Language:English
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Summary:In this article, the development and optimization of carrier-selective and passivating contacts by industry-scale inline plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and their successful integration into solar cells are reported. Amorphous Si thin films with varying carbon content (SiC x ) were deposited on a thermally grown ultrathin tunnel oxide (TOPCon) and electrically characterized. Furthermore, the impact of a vacuum break (VB) during the deposition of a layer stack consisting of intrinsic amorphous Si [a-Si:H(i)] and boron-doped SiC x was investigated. That is, samples that were processed with VB were exposed to ambient air, and hence, a thin native oxide was formed on the a-Si:H(i) layer, which affected the boron diffusion into the absorber resulting in a distinct anneal behavior of the contacts. Upon optimization, these layers provided an excellent surface passivation quality, which was reflected in an implied open-circuit voltage of 733 mV for n-type and 716 mV for p-type TOPCon structures, respectively. In addition, very low contact resistivities of 0.3 mΩ⋅cm² for n-type and 0.5 mΩ⋅cm² for p-type TOPCon were measured, respectively. These optimized TOPCon structures were implemented into both sides contacted p-type laboratory solar cells. After a two-step furnace anneal, these cells achieved a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 22.7% with evaporated contacts.
ISSN:2156-3381
2156-3403
DOI:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3071220