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Solar cells from upgraded metallurgical grade (UMG) and plasma-purified UMG multi-crystalline silicon substrates by S. De Wolf; J. Szlufcik; Y. Delannoy; I. Périchaud; C. Häßler; R. Einhaus is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.

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High impurity concentrations do not allow the direct use of upgraded metallurgical grade (UMG) Si for PV production. A newly developed prototype inductive plasma-purification system and process allowed the significant reduction of the elements B, C, O, P, Al, Ca, Fe and Ti, depending on the duration of the treatment. Based on this type of purification, it is shown that subsequent appropriate low-cost cell-processing yields homogeneously distributed energyconversion efficiencies throughout the cast ingots. Stabilised cell efficiencies of up to 14.7% were already experimentally shown to be attainable on highly B-doped (ro0:1 O cm) 102 cm 2 multi-crystalline Si substrates of high purity. On plasma-purified UMG p-type 0.1-0.2 O cm ingots, efficiencies of up to 12.38% are reached, to be compared with about 10.12% on the same material without prior plasma treatment. Some light-induced degradation is present on processed samples, which is most likely linked to the presence of metastable boron-oxygen complexes in the material, and results in stabilised efficiencies of, respectively, 12.19% and 10.00%.

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Author

S. De Wolf; J. Szlufcik; Y. Delannoy; I. Périchaud; C. Häßler; R. Einhaus

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0927-0248)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)