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Title: | Silicon heterojunction interdigitated back-contact solar cells bonded to glass with efficiency > 21% | Authors: | Xu, Menglei Bearda, Twan Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan Jonnak, Shashi Kiran Hasan, Mahmudul Malik, Shuja Filipic, Miha DEPAUW, Valerie Van Nieuwenhuysen, Kris Abdulraheem, Yaser Debucquoy, Maarten GORDON, Ivan Szlufcik, Jozef POORTMANS, Jef |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Source: | SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 165, p. 82-87 | Abstract: | Previously, IMEC proposed the i(2)-module concept which allows to process silicon heterojunction interdigitated back-contact (SHJ-IBC) cells on thin ( < 50 mu m) Si wafers at module level. This concept includes the bonding of the thin wafer early on to the module cover glass, which delivers mechanical support to the wafer and thus significantly improves the production yield. In this work, we test silicone and ethylene vinyl acetate bonding agents and prove them to be resistant to all rear side processes, including wet and plasma processes. Moreover, a lift-off process using a sacrificial SiOx layer has been developed for emitter patterning to replace conventional lithography. The optimized process steps are demonstrated by the fabrication of SHJ-IBC cells on 6-inch 190 mu m-thick wafers. Efficiencies up to 22.6% have been achieved on reference freestanding wafers. Excellent V-oc of 734 my and J(sc) of 40.8 mA/cm(2) lead to an efficiency of 21.7% on silicone-bonded cells, where the high V-oc indicates the process compatibility of the bonding agent. The developments that enabled such achievements and the key factors that limit the device performance are discussed in this paper. | Notes: | [Xu, Menglei; Poortmans, Jef] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Kasteelpk Arenberg 10, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium. [Xu, Menglei; Bearda, Twan; Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan; Jonnak, Shashi Kiran; Hasan, Mahmudul; Malik, Shuja; Filipic, Miha; Depauw, Valerie; Van Nieuwenhuysen, Kris; Debucquoy, Maarten; Gordon, Ivan; Szlufcik, Jozef; Poortmans, Jef] IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium. [Abdulraheem, Yaser] Kwait Univ, POB 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait. [Poortmans, Jef] Hasselt Univ, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. | Keywords: | Silicon heterojunction; Solar cells; Superstate processing; Interdigitated back-contact; Amorphous silicon; Bonding;energy & fuels; materials science, multidisciplinary; physics, applied | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/24197 | ISSN: | 0927-0248 | e-ISSN: | 1879-3398 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.02.032 | ISI #: | 000399857200010 | Rights: | © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2018 |
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