Measurement of surface recombination velocity for silicon solar cells using a scanning electron microscope with pulsed beam
- Author
- Cheng, L. J.
- Published
- Nov 1, 1981.
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- Daud, T.
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- The role of surface recombination velocity in the design and fabrication of silicon solar cells is discussed. A scanning electron microscope with pulsed electron beam was used to measure this parameter of silicon surfaces. It is shown that the surface recombination velocity, s, increases by an order of magnitude when an etched surface degrades, probably as a result of environmental reaction. A textured front-surface-field cell with a high-low junction near the surface shows the effect of minority carrier reflection and an apparent reduction of s, whereas a tandem-junction cell shows an increasing s value. Electric fields at junction interfaces in front-surface-field and tandem-junction cells acting as minority carrier reflectors or sinks tend to alter the value of effective surface recombination velocity for different beam penetration depths. A range of values of s was calculated for different surfaces.
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- Document ID: 19820005621.
Accession ID: 82N13494.
DOE/JPL-1012-56.
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