Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 516, Issue 14, Pages 4633-4638Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.05.098
Keywords
microcrystalline Si; PECVD; thin film solar cells; optical emission spectroscopy
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Silicon thin-film solar cells based on microcrystalline silicon (mu c-Si:H) were prepared in a 30 x 30 cm(2) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition reactor using 13.56 or 40.68 MHz plasma excitation frequency. Plasma emission was recorded by optical emission spectroscopy during mu c-Si:H absorber layer deposition at deposition rates between 0.5 and 2.5 nm/s. The time course of SiH* and H-beta emission indicated strong drifts in the process conditions particularly at low total gas flows. By actively controlling the SiH4 gas flow, the observed process drifts were successfully suppressed resulting in a more homogeneous i-layer crystallinity along the growth direction. In a deposition regime with efficient usage of the process gas, the mu c-Si:H solar cell efficiency was enhanced from 7.9% up to 8.8% by applying process control. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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