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A-Si:H/c-Si heterojunctions: a future mainstream technology for high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells ?

Ballif, Christophe  
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Barraud, Loris
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Descoeudres, Antoine  
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2012
2012 38Th Ieee Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Pvsc)
38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)

In this contribution, we shortly review the main features of amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells, including interface defects and requirements for high quality interfaces. We show how a process flow with a limited number of process steps leads to screen printed solar cells of 2x2cm(2) with 21.8% efficiency and of 10x10cm(2) with 20.9% efficiency (n-type FZ). We show that the devices work in high injection conditions of 3x10(15)cm(-3) at the maximum power point, a factor two higher than the base doping. Several research labs and companies can now produce large area 6 '' cells well over 20% on CZ wafers and some of the critical cost factors, such a metallization can be overcome with suitable strategies. Based on the high quality coating tools and processes developed for thin films used for flat panel display or thin film solar cell coatings, the deposition of the layers required to make SHJ cells has the potential to be performed in a controlled way at low cost. Considering the few process steps required, the high quality n-type Cz wafers that can be obtained by proper crystal growth control, SHJ technology has several assets that could make it become a widespread PV technology.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317924
Web of Science ID

WOS:000309917801218

Author(s)
Ballif, Christophe  
Barraud, Loris
Descoeudres, Antoine  
Holman, Zachary C.
Morel, Sophie
De Wolf, Stefaan
Date Issued

2012

Publisher

Ieee

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2012 38Th Ieee Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Pvsc)
ISBN of the book

978-1-4673-0066-7

Total of pages

5

Start page

1705

End page

1709

Subjects

silicon heterojunction solar cells

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amorphous silicon

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crystalline silicon

Note

IMT-NE Number : 696

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REVIEWED

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PV-LAB  
Event name
38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
Available on Infoscience
February 27, 2013
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/89858
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