Journal
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.202100519
Keywords
bifacial passivated emitter and rear solar cells; crystalline silicon; potential-induced degradation; corrosive potential-induced degradation; silicon corrosion; solar cells
Funding
- Projekt DEAL
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Detrimental corrosive potential-induced degradation was found at the rear side of bifacial solar cells recently. This nonreversible effect causes typical surface damages at the micrometer scale and electrical losses even in areas without visible damage. The cracks in the nanometer scale at the interface between Si bulk and Al2O3 are believed to originate from oxidation of Si bulk due to potential-induced degradation stress.
Detrimental corrosive potential-induced degradation at the rear side of bifacial solar cells has been found recently. This potential-induced degradation effect is nonreversible and shows typical surface damages in the micrometer scale. However, also areas in the cells showing no such surface damage suffer from electrical losses. Cracks in the nanometer scale underneath the surface, that is, at the interface between Si bulk and Al2O3, turn out to be the cause of this effect, leading to depassivation effects. The emergence of these cracks is assumed to originate from oxidation of the Si bulk due to potential-induced degradation stress.
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