二次离子质谱深度剖面分析氢化微晶硅薄膜中的氧污染

运用二次离子质谱研究了甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积制备的不同硅烷浓度和功率条件下薄膜中的氧污染情况.结果发现：薄膜中的氧含量随硅烷浓度和功率的变化而改变.制备的微晶硅薄膜，晶化程度越高薄膜中的氧含量相对越多.另外，不同本底真空中的氧污染实验结果表明：微晶硅材料中的氧含量与本底真空有很大的关系，因此要制备高质量的微晶硅材料，高的本底真空是必要条件. 关键词： 甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积 二次离子质谱 氧污染     

单室沉积高效非晶硅/微晶硅叠层太阳电池的研究

采用甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术,在前期单室沉积的微晶硅薄膜太阳电池和非晶硅/微晶硅叠层太阳电池研究的基础上,通过对微晶硅底电池本征层硅烷浓度的优化,获得了初始效率达到11.02%(电池面积1.0 cm²)的非晶硅/微晶硅叠层太阳电池.同时,100 cm²的非晶硅/微晶硅叠层太阳电池的组件效率也达到了9.04%. 关键词： 非晶硅/微晶硅叠层电池 单室 甚高频     

高速沉积本征微晶硅的优化及其在太阳电池中的应用

采用高压高功率的甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积（VHF-PECVD）技术高速（沉积速率约为1.2 nm/s）沉积了一系列不同厚度的本征微晶硅薄膜，并通过Raman谱和XRD谱的测试，研究了高速沉积时本征微晶硅薄膜的微结构演变特性及其对电池性能的影响.针对其微结构特性及高速沉积本身存在的离子轰击作用强的特点，提出了在沉积微晶硅薄膜过程中采用功率梯度的方法，达到有效地控制薄膜微结构变化的目的，并在一定功率梯度范围内降低了电子温度，提高了薄膜质量，从而使电池效率明显提高.最后在沉积速率为1.2 nm/s时，制备 关键词： 高速沉积 微晶硅薄膜 微结构演变 功率梯度     

p种子层对单室制备微晶硅电池性能的影响

采用单室等离子体化学气相沉积技术沉积pin微晶硅电池时，硼污染降低了本征材料的晶化率并影响了p/i界面特性.针对该问题文中采用p种子层技术，即在沉积p层后采取高的H₂/SiH₄比率及适当的功率又沉积一个薄的p层，初步研究了p种子层对微晶硅i层纵向均匀性及电池性能的影响.实验结果表明：采用此方法能改善p/i界面特性，提高本征材料纵向结构的均匀性并降低硼对本征层的污染，有效地提高单结微晶硅电池的性能.最后，通过优化沉积条件，制备得到光电转换效率为881%（1 cm 关键词： 单室 甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积 微晶硅太阳电池 p种子层     

甚高频高速沉积微晶硅薄膜的研究

采用甚高频化学气相沉积(VHF-PECVD)技术制备了系列微晶硅(μc-Si:H)薄膜样品，重点研究了硅烷浓度、功率密度、沉积气压和气体总流量对薄膜沉积速率和结晶状态的影响,绘制了沉积气压和功率密度双因素相图. 以0.75nm/s的高速沉积了器件质量级的微晶硅薄膜，并以该沉积速率制备出了效率为5.5%的单结微晶硅薄膜电池. 关键词： 微晶硅薄膜 高速沉积 甚高频化学气相沉积     

硼对沉积本征微晶硅薄膜特性的影响

采用甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积(VHF-PECVD)技术制备了不同腔室环境下的微晶硅薄膜.对单室沉积掺杂层p材料后遗留在腔室中的硼对本征微晶i材料电学特性和结构特性的影响进行了详细研究.测试结果表明：单室沉积p层后的硼降低了微晶i层材料的暗电导，增加了材料的光敏性；由于硼对i层污染程度的不同，使得材料的激活能发生了变化；腔室中残余的硼也导致微晶硅薄膜的结晶状况恶化，同时弱化了材料的(220)择优取向.而在较高功率和较强氢稀释下制备的晶化率较高，(220)晶向明显择优的材料受硼污染影响相对减小. 关键词： 单室 甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积 微晶硅 硼     

VHF-PECVD低温制备微晶硅薄膜的拉曼散射光谱和光发射谱研究

采用拉曼散射光谱和PR650光谱光度计对VHF-PECVD制备的微晶硅薄膜进行了结构表征和在线监测研究.结果表明：功率对材料的晶化率（χc）有一定的调节作用，硅烷浓度大，微调作用更明显；SiH*的强度只能在一定的范围内表征材料的沉积速率，功率大相应的速率反而下降；I［Hα*］/I［SiH*］强度比值反映了材料晶化程度，此结果和拉曼散射光谱测试结果显示出一致性；I［Hβ*］/I［Hα*］的强度比表明氢等离子体中的电子温度随功率的增大而逐渐降低. 关键词： 甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积 微晶硅 拉曼散射谱 光发射谱     

气体滞留时间对高速沉积的微晶硅薄膜性能的影响分析

实现高速沉积对于薄膜微晶硅太阳电池产业化降低成本是一个重要手段.采用超高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积(VHF-PECVD)技术，实现了微晶硅硅薄膜的高速沉积，并通过改变气体总流量改变气体滞留时间，考察了气体滞留时间在化学气相沉积(CVD)过程中对薄膜的生长速率以及光电特性和结构特性的影响.采用沉积速率达到12?/s的高速微晶硅工艺制备微晶硅电池，电池效率达到了5.3％. 关键词： 气体滞留时间 高速沉积 微晶硅 超高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积     

微晶硅薄膜高速沉积及电学性质的研究

采用甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积（VHF-PECVD）技术在高功率密度和高压强条件下，通过改变硅烷浓度和气体总流量对薄膜沉积参数进行了两因素优化，最终在硅烷浓度为45%，气体总流量为100 sccm条件下，获得沉积速率142 nm/s，电导激活能047 eV的优质硅薄膜；同时，通过单因素优化制备出沉积速率为21 nm/s的微晶硅薄膜.利用晶粒间界势垒模型和费米能级统计偏移模型对薄膜的电学特性和传导行为分别进行了研究分析，同时初步分析了“后氧化”对薄膜电学性能的影响. 关键词： μc-Si:H 甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积 高速沉积 电学特性     

高压PECVD技术沉积硅基薄膜过程中硅烷状态的研究

采用高压射频等离子体增强化学气相沉积(RF-PECVD)方法在不同功率下制备了一系列硅薄膜材料，研究了材料晶化率和生长速度随功率变化的规律， 进而研究PECVD方法沉积硅薄膜过程中的硅烷反应状态，并提出可以根据硅烷耗尽程度的不同将硅烷反应状态分为未耗尽、耗尽和过耗尽三种.然后，对不同硅烷反应状态下的材料结构、光电性能以及相应的电池进行了研究，并指出适合于太阳电池本征层的高质量微晶硅材料应该沉积在硅烷耗尽状态. 关键词： 耗尽状态 微晶硅 光发射谱     

Influence of the deposition parameters on the transition region of hydrogenated silicon films growth

Hydrogenated microcrystalline and amorphous silicon thin films were prepared by very high frequency plasmaenhanced chemical vapour deposition （VHF PECVD） by using a mixture of silane and hydrogen as source gas. The influence of deposition parameters on the transition region of hydrogenated silicon films growth was investigated by varying the silane concentration （SC）, plasma power （Pw）, working pressure （P）, and substrate temperature （Ts）. Results suggest that SC and Ts are the most critical factors that affect the film structure transition from microcrystalline to amorphous phase. A narrow region in the range of SC and Ts, in which the rapid phase transition takes place, was identified. It was found that at lower P or higher Pw, the transition region is shifted to larger SC. In addition, the dark conductivity and photoconductivity decrease with SC and show sharp changes in the transition region. It proposed that the transition process and the transition region are determined by the competition between the etching effect of atomic hydrogen and the growth of amorphous phase.     

Fabrication of high growth rate solar-cell-quality μc-Si:H thin films by VHF-PECVD

Several series of Si:H films were fabricated by the very high frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (VHF-PECVD) at different substrate temperatures (T_s) and silane concentration (SC=[SiH_4]/[SiH_4+H_2]%). The results of Raman spectroscopy showed structural evolution of the Si:H films with the variation of T_s and SC. The results of x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements indicated that T_s also influences the crystal orientation of the Si:H films. The modulation effect of T_s on crystalline volume fraction (X_c) is more evident for the high SC, which shows different trend compared to low SC. In addition, the growth rate of the films also showed a regular change with the variation of SC and T_s. Different samples in the series showed a similar increase in dark conductivity and a decrease in photosensitivity with increasing T_s and decreasing SC. Device-quality microcrystalline silicon materials were deposited at a high growth rate, characterized by relatively low dark conductivity and relatively high photosensitivity in a certain crystalline range. The microcrystalline silicon solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 4.55% has been prepared by VHF-PECVD.     

Interface investigation of planar hybrid n-Si/PEDOT:PSS solar cells with open circuit voltages up to 645 mV and efficiencies of 12.6 %

We have studied interface formation properties of hybrid n-Si/PEDOT:PSS solar cells on planar substrates by varying the silicon substrate doping concentration (N _D). Final power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of 12.6 % and open circuit voltages (V _oc) comparable to conventional diffused emitter pn junction solar cells have been achieved. It was observed, that an increase of N _D leads to an increase of V _oc with a maximal value of 645 mV, which is, to our knowledge, the highest reported value for n-Si/PEDOT:PSS interfaces. The dependence of the solar cell characteristics on N _D is analyzed and similarities to minority charge carrier drift-diffusion limited solar cells are presented. The results point out the potential of hybrid n-Si/PEDOT:PSS interfaces to fabricate high performance opto-electronic devices with cost-effective fabrication technologies.     

Concentration enhancement of current density and diffusion length in III–V ternary compound solar cells

Current density and output power of solar cells, respectively, made from different materials combinations: GaAsp(:Zn)/GaAsP(:Te)/GaAs-CVD GaAsp(:Zn)/GaAs(:Te)/GaAs-CVD GaAlAs(:Zn)/GaAs(:Si)-LPE Silicon,p onn (commercial grade) have been compared at increasing light levels, i.e. solar concentrations from 1 sun to 100 suns. A strongly super-linear increase in output (current density) is found for the ternary compound cells in agreement with earlier measurements. The faster rate of increase of the current with concentration in ternary compounds as compared to silicon can be explained by a trap-filling mechanism at higher injection levels. A Gaussian distribution of compensated donor states can explain the superlinear current increase.     

Electrical properties of purified solar grade silicon substrates using a combination of porous silicon and SiCl4

This work investigates the photo-thermal treatment of solar grade (SG) silicon to reduce impurities to a low level suitable for high efficiency low-cost solar cells application. It describes experiment carried out by using a tungsten lamps furnace (rapid thermal processing, RTP) to purify solar grade silicon wafers using a combination of porous silicon (PS) and silicon tetrachloride. This process enables to attract the impurities towards the porous layer where they react with SiCl₄ to form metallic chlorides. The gettering effect was studied using the Hall Effect and the Van Der Pauw methods to measure the resistivity, the majority carrier concentration and mobility. We have obtained a significant improvement of the majority carrier mobility after such thermo-chemical treatment. The gettering efficiency is also evaluated by the relative increase of the minority carrier diffusion length L, measured by the light beam induced current (LBIC) technique.     

Impurity photovoltaic effect in silicon solar cell doped with sulphur: A numerical simulation

The impurity photovoltaic effect (IPV) has mostly been studied in various semiconductors such as silicon, silicon carbide and GaAs in order to increase infrared absorption and hence cell efficiency. In this work, sulphur is used as the IPV effect impurity incorporated in silicon solar cells. For our simulation we use the numerical device simulator (SCAPS). We calculate the solar cell performances (short circuit current density J_sc, open circuit voltage V_oc, conversion efficiency η and quantum efficiency QE). We study the influence of light trapping and certain impurity parameters like impurity concentration and position in the gap on the solar cell performances. Simulation results for IPV effect on silicon doped with sulphur show an improvement of the short circuit current and the efficiency for sulphur energy levels located far from the middle of the band gap especially at E_c-E_t=0.18 eV.     

Role of MW-ECR hydrogen plasma on dopant deactivation and open-circuit voltage in crystalline silicon solar cells

Plasma hydrogenation is an efficient method to passivate intergrain and intragrain defects of polycrystalline silicon (pc-Si) solar cells. The hydrogenation experiments were carried out in hydrogen plasma generated in an electron cyclotron resonance system controlling different operating parameters such as microwave power (P _MW), process time (t _H) and hydrogenation temperature (T _H) for a fixed hydrogen flux of 30 sccm. The hydrogenation of n⁺pp⁺ pc-Si solar cells resulted in an improvement in the open-circuit voltage. The improvement was correlated with the dopant deactivation due to the formation of boron–hydrogen bonding. This was demonstrated from the changes in the doping level after hydrogenation of n⁺p diode structures made using single crystalline silicon as a reference material. It was found that deactivation of boron was more pronounced at high microwave plasma power, in good agreement with the high open-circuit voltage values obtained on pc-Si mesa cells. On the other hand, the effect of longer hydrogenation time and higher temperature resulted in a decrease of boron deactivation, while an increase in V _oc with a tendency of saturation at high T _H was observed. Reasons for such behavior were thoroughly explained.     

单晶硅表面均匀小尺寸金字塔制备及其特性研究

表面织构是一种通过有效的光俘获增加短路电流从而提高太阳电池效率的主要途径之一.在加入间隙式超声和NaClO添加剂的碱性四甲基氢氧化铵(TMAH)溶液中对单晶硅表面进行织构化处理,研究超声与NaClO在织构过程中对金字塔成核和生长的影响,以及金字塔大小对高温工艺之后的单晶硅少子寿命的影响.研究表明,通过在织构溶液中加入间隙式超声控制气泡停留在硅片表面的时间和脱离硅片表面速度,增强了小尺寸金字塔的均匀分布.织构之后硅片在AM1.5G光谱下的加权平均反射率能够达到12.4%,在高温扩散和氧化之后少子寿命的大小与金字塔大小之间存在近似于指数衰减函数的关系. 关键词： 表面织构化 反射率 少子寿命 单晶硅太阳电池     

P/i interfacial engineering in semi-transparent silicon thin film solar cells for fabrication at a low temperature of 150 °C

In this study, we aimed to develop semitransparent solar cells (STSCs) using hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) at a low temperature of 150 °C to support the fabrication of flexible solar modules, applicable in building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). To compensate for the presumable loss of device performance at such a low processing temperature, careful control of the p/i interface is proposed. We fabricated buffer layers with hydrogen (H₂)/silane (SiH₄) gas flow ratios (R) ranging from 4 to 16 (R₄–R₁₆) to investigate their characteristics and incorporate them at the p/i interface by considering energy band matching. By employing this buffer, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of a STSC was improved from 4.83% to 5.57% which is the best record in a-Si:H STSCs processed at a low temperature of 150 °C. This p/i interfacial buffer can support the realization of flexible a-Si:H-based BIPV systems using plastic- or polymer-based substrates.