lpicm slides for wp3 wanghua chen and pere roca i cabarrocas 2015-07-15
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LPICM slides for WP3
Wanghua Chen and Pere Roca i Cabarrocas
2015-07-15
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Large scale epi-PECVD
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156 ×156 mm
Thickness: ÅUniformity: 15.3 %Max: 51000Mean: 44103Min: 37457
Will be sent to Obducat for NIL;D 2.6
Thickness mapping by ellipsometry
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Investigation of peel-off of c-Si thin film during lithography
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Al
µc-SiOx
Epi-PECVD
First path: insertion buffer layers of ZnO and Ag
ZnO
Ag
Glass
SiSi
ZnO
Al
Agglass
glass
Detachment at large scale would be difficult
Increase of interface from two to fiveRisk of peel-off of each interface
Contrast-based image
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Second path: change the metal deposition technique
c-Si Al (1 μm)
ZnO:Al (80 nm)
Al (1 μm)
µc--SiOx:H (60 nm)
No peel-off for both samples
ObducatTest of resist
of NIL
Why ?
Thermal evaporated Al as compared to e-beam evaporated Al before
Investigation of peel-off of c-Si thin film during lithography
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Transfer epi-PECVD (5 µm) without ZnO
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Samples are ready except ITO and metallization
Waiting for ITO deposition (sputtering is out due to the broken of transfer arm and gas maintenance)
Bubble incorporated during Anodic bonding
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24 epifree with p-µc-SiOx are ready
Application of SiOx µc-SiOx as passivation buffer layer
What’s next stack on µc-SiOx ?Al from LPICM?
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Low deposition temperature: 200 ˚CHigh deposition rate: 1 nm/s
Flat Si
Pyramids with SiOx (Rave: 4.6 %)SiOx on glass
Pyramids
Deposition on large scale (156 × 156 mm) is realized
Application of SiOx: Front side passivation and ARC
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Simulati on of ARC on Si with random pyramids (SiOx vs SiCx vs SiNx)
Si (180 µm)
air
ARC
Jsc (mA/cm2)
SiOx Al2O3/SiCx SiNx
T (˚C) < 200 > 350 > 300
Reflected 1.18 0.79 0.76
Absorption(ARC)
0.00 0.52 0.39
Absorption (Si)
42.82 42.70 42.85
OPAL modelling
Benefits of SiOx: low temperature process
1 μm
SEM contrast-based colorful image
Conformal coating of SiOx on pyramid structures
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Application of SiOx Buffer layer for laser scribing of IBC
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Laser: 355 nm
Index n;Thickness;
n
ip
c-Si
laser
Laser-induced defect
Laser power
HF removal of μc-SiOx
μc-SiOx Laser power
HF removal of μc-SiOx:1 secs to 5 min depending on
porosity and Si fraction
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Imec slides for WP3
M32, June 15th
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Done and planned at imec
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D3.3 report Finished and submitted to EC! Next deliverables: D3.4 (HCL cells) and D3.5 (record)
Anodic bonding Done on PECVD-Si samples
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Epifree record cellsWhat to do?
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Samples sent to LPICM for uSiOx
And then? to be determined...Rear:
with ZnO to improve adhesion? with Ag or only Al?
TextureNIL: dry vs. wetHCL?E-beam?
Emitter standard a-Si:H or a-SiOx? Or thinner a-Si:H?
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Chalmers slides for WP3
M32, June 15th
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Task: Check that wafers after wet-HCL keep a reasonable lifetime for cell processing to re-do the lifetime measurements performed on IM93
Batch IM109 – 4 inch wafers10 samples + 2 reference samples
D3.4 Second batch of cells with non-periodic optimal patterns
Cleaning O2 plasma PS self-assembly Mask Wet etch
2 samples 2 samples 2 samples 2 samples 2 samples
Samples processed and sent to IMEC to be etched (2 samples) and passivated (all samples)
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nanophotonics for ultra-thin crystalline silicon photovoltaics
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 309127