Water vapour passivation of poly-Si thin film solar cells

0386426 - FZÚ 2013 RIV DE eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Pikna, Peter - Fejfar, Antonín - Píč, Vlastimil - Müller, Martin - Ledinský, Martin - Vetushka, Aliaksi - Kočka, Jan
Water vapour passivation of poly-Si thin film solar cells.
Proceedings of the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. München: WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co Planungs KG, 2012 - (Nowak, S.), s. 2393-2395. ISBN 3-936338-28-0.
[European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) /17./. Frankfurt (DE), 24.09.2012-28.09.2012]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT 7E10061; GA MPO FR-TI2/736; GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2011026
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 240826 - PolySiMode
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100521
Keywords : polycrystalline * silicon * thin film solar cell * water vapour passivation * in situ investigation * Suns-Voc
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism

Water vapour could be a safer and cheaper alternative to hydrogen plasma for effective passivation of defects in thin film silicon solar cells. In situ observations can simplify and speed up investigation of interactions between silicon and water vapour. We present a concept of in situ measurements at vacuum, at atmospheric and higher pressures as well as an apparatus for this purpose. Ball craterer [1] as a novel approach to contact pn junction of thin film solar cells is described.
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