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Optimization of Self-Doping Ag Paste Firing to Achieve High Fill Factors on Screen- Printed Silicon Solar Cells with a 100 Ω/sq. Emitter
Optimization of Self-Doping Ag Paste Firing to Achieve High Fill Factors on Screen- Printed Silicon Solar Cells with a 100 Ω/sq. Emitter
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Hilali, Mohamed M.
Jeong, Ji-Weon
Rohatgi, Ajeet
Meier, D. L.
Carroll, A. F.
Jeong, Ji-Weon
Rohatgi, Ajeet
Meier, D. L.
Carroll, A. F.
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Self-aligned selective-emitter cells have been fabricated using a self-doping paste by co-firing the front and back contacts. Good ohmic contacts with ~0.774 fill factor
were obtained on 100 Ω/sq. emitters after alloying the self-doping Ag grid by a 900°C spike firing in a belt furnace. Screen-printed selective emitter Fz Si cells
gave an efficiency of 16.4%. Selective-emitter cells with effective front-surface passivation produced almost 0.4%
higher absolute efficiency than the conventional 45 Ω/sq. homogeneous-emitter cell co-fired at 850°C. IQE data showed a 23% higher spectral response at 400 mm
wavelength for the passivated selective-emitter cell over the conventional 40-45 Ω/sq. emitter cell. This is due to
lower front-surface recombination velocity and reduced heavy doping effects. Long-wavelength response of the selective-emitter cell was also slightly superior due to the improved back-surface field. As a result, the selective-emitter cell shows a much higher J(sc) and V(oc) than a cofired
conventional-emitter cell. Rapid firing of the self-doping paste was found to be more effective than the slow firing process.
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2002-05
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