Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 235, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111455
Keywords
Passivating contacts; Silicon solar cells; Hydrogenation; Shadow mask; Firing through
Funding
- Swiss Federal Office for Energy [SI/50125301, SI/502115-01]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_185064]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_185064] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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This work presents the development of passivating contacts for two side contacted c-Si solar cells based on thin interfacial oxide/doped polysilicon. Optimization of layer thickness led to solar cells with high open circuit voltage and fill factor. Localization of the front side passivating contact was achieved through deposition with a shadow mask, resulting in high-efficiency c-Si solar cells with promising efficiency.
In this work, we present the development of passivating contacts based on thin interfacial oxide/doped polysilicon for two side contacted c-Si solar cells. In the first part, we discuss our layer optimization towards direct metallisation, using firing through of Ag-paste screen printed on a silicon nitride (SiNx:H). By optimising the poly-silicon thickness, we obtain solar cells with open circuit voltage (V-OC) up to 700 mV and fill factor (FF) up to 78%. However, such results were obtained by using layers with a thickness of 95 nm, strongly limiting the short circuit current density. To overcome this limitation, we present in the second part an approach for localization of the front side passivating contact by means of deposition through a shadow mask. Finally, in the third part, we demonstrate high-efficiency c-Si solar cells with promising efficiency above 21.7% with a V-OC of similar to 711 mV, a high FF of 79.7% and a potential for efficiency >22%.
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