Impact of Postplating Annealing on Defect Activation in Boron-Doped PERC Solar Cells

Autor: Tim Niewelt, Benjamin Grubel, Sebastian Roder, Sven Kluska, Georg Christopher Theil
Přispěvatelé: Publica
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 10:444-448
ISSN: 2156-3403
2156-3381
DOI: 10.1109/jphotov.2020.2968110
Popis: In this article, the impact of postplating annealing on the regenerated state of boron-doped p-type passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) solar cells with plated Ni/Cu/Ag front-side contacts is characterized. The assessment of different plating annealing profiles in the temperature range of 200-300 °C and their impact on light-induced degradation as well as on additional defects are realized by lifetime measurements of nonmetallized solar cell precursors before and after annealing. An observed lifetime degradation indicates that the current process sequence might facilitate bulk defect activation. An alternative process sequence is tested and promising results are presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE