Mews, M.; Leendertz, C.; Algasinger, M.; Koynov, S.; Korte, L.: Amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells with black silicon texture. Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters 8 (2014), p. 831-835
10.1002/pssr.201409327
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Abstract:
Excellent passivation of black silicon surfaces by thin amorphous silicon layers deposited with plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition is demonstrated. Minority charge carrier lifetimes of 1.3 milliseconds, enabling an implied open circuit voltage of 714 mV, were achieved. The influence of amorphous silicon parasitic epitaxial growth and thickness, as well as of the texture depth is investigated. Furthermore quantum efficiency gains for wavelenghts above 600\,nm, as compared to random textured solar cells, are demonstrated in 17.2 % efficient amorphous-crystalline silicon-heterojunction solar cells with black silicon texture.