- Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies

2015 ◽  
pp. 150-211
Keyword(s):  
Photovoltaic Technologies ◽  
Induced Crystallization ◽  
Aluminum Induced Crystallization

Layer exchange during aluminum-induced crystallization of silicon suboxide thin films

2021 ◽  
pp. 129723
Author(s):  
A.O. Zamchiy ◽  
E.A. Baranov ◽  
I.E. Merkulova ◽  
I.V. Korolkov ◽  
V.I. Vdovin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Silicon Suboxide ◽  
Induced Crystallization ◽  
Aluminum Induced Crystallization

Thin-Film Polycrystalline-Silicon Solar Cells on Ceramic Substrates Made by Aluminum-Induced Crystallization and Thermal CVD

2006 ◽  
Vol 910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Gordon ◽  
Dries Van Gestel ◽  
Lode Carnel ◽  
Kris Van Nieuwenhuysen ◽  
Guy Beaucarne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Substrate Roughness ◽  
Ceramic Substrates ◽  
Thermal Cvd ◽  
Si Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Polycrystalline ◽  
Induced Crystallization ◽  
Aluminum Induced Crystallization

AbstractA considerable cost reduction could be achieved in photovoltaics if efficient solar cells could be made from thin polycrystalline-silicon (pc-Si) layers. Aluminum-induced crystallization (AIC) of amorphous silicon followed by epitaxial thickening is an effective way to obtain large-grained pc-Si layers with excellent properties for solar cells. To obtain efficient solar cells, the electronic quality of the pc-Si material obtained by AIC has to be optimized and the cell design has to be adapted to the material. In this paper, we report on pc-Si solar cells made by AIC in combination with thermal CVD on ceramic alumina substrates. We made pc-Si solar cells on alumina substrates that showed Voc values up to 533 mV and efficiencies up to 5.9%. This is the highest efficiency ever achieved with pc-Si solar cells on ceramic substrates where no (re)melting of silicon was used. We demonstrate that the quality of the pc-Si material can be improved drastically by reducing the substrate roughness using spin-on oxides. We further show that a-Si/c-Si heterojunctions lead to much higher Voc values than diffused homojunctions. A cell concept that incorporates spin-on oxides and heterojunction emitters is therefore best suited to obtain efficient pc-Si solar cells on alumina substrates.

Poly-Si films with low aluminum dopant containing by aluminum-induced crystallization

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
ChengLong Wang ◽  
DuoWang Fan ◽  
ChengBin Wang ◽  
ZhongRong Geng ◽  
HaiLin Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Si Films ◽  
Induced Crystallization ◽  
Aluminum Induced Crystallization
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