• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.233-237
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• 2015

Silicon oxynitride that can be deposited two times faster than general SiNx:H layer was applied to fabricate the passivation protection layer of atomic layer deposition (ALD) $Al_2O_3$. The protection layer is deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition to protect $Al_2O_3$ passivation layer from a high temperature metallization process for contact firing in screen-printed silicon solar cell. In this study, we studied passivation performance of ALD $Al_2O_3$ film as functions of process temperature and RF plasma effect in plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition system. $Al_2O_3$/SiON stacks coated at $400^{\circ}C$ showed higher lifetime values in the as-stacked state. In contrast, a high quality $Al_2O_3$/SiON stack was obtained with a plasma power of 400 W and a capping-deposition temperature of $200^{\circ}C$ after the firing process. The best lifetime was achieved with stack films fired at $850^{\circ}C$. These results demonstrated the potential of the $Al_2O_3/SiON$ passivated layer for crystalline silicon solar cells.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.322.1-322.1
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• 2014

Many research groups have studied tandem or multi-junction cells to overcome this low efficiency and degradation. In multi-junction cells, band-gap engineering of each absorb layer is needed to absorb the light at various wavelengths efficiently. Various absorption layers can be formed using multi-junctions, such as hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H), amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe:H) and microcrystalline silicon (${\mu}c$-Si:H), etc. Among them, ${\mu}c$-Si:H is the bottom absorber material because it has a low band-gap and does not exhibit light-induced degradation like amorphous silicon. Nevertheless, ${\mu}c$-Si:H requires a much thicker material (>2 mm) to absorb sufficient light due to its smaller light absorption coefficient, highlighting the need for a high growth rate for productivity. ${\mu}c$-SiGe:H has a much higher absorption coefficient than ${\mu}c$-Si:H at the low energy wavelength, meaning that the thickness of the absorption layer can be decreased to less than half that of ${\mu}c$-Si:H. ${\mu}c$-SiGe:H films were prepared using 40 MHz very high frequency PECVD method at 1 Torr. SiH4 and GeH4 were used as a reactive gas and H2 was used as a dilution gas. In this study, the ${\mu}c$-SiGe:H layer for triple solar cells applications was performed to optimize the film properties.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.12
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• pp.4382-4386
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• 2011

$TiO_2$ hollow spheres were fabricated by using $SiO_2$ as an inorganic template. Spherical $SiO_2$ particles were coated by $TiO_2$ through the nucleation process, and then the core $SiO_2$ part was eliminated by using HF solution. Finally, $TiO_2$ hollow spheres were obtained. The size of the $TiO_2$ hollow spheres was about 300-400 nm and the thickness of the hollow wall was about 20-30 nm. The hollow has several holes whose diameters were within 100-200 nm. Dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated by using the $TiO_2$ hollow spheres were characterized. The solar conversion efficiency of the cell was 8.45% when $TiO_2$ hollow spheres were used as a scattering material, while it was 4.59% when $TiO_2$ hollow spheres were used as a normal electrode material.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.07c
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• pp.1019-1021
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• 1995

Light induced degradation of hydrogenated amorphous silicon(a-Si:H) are related to the number of weak dangling bonds which are thought to be responsible for the Staebler-Wronski effects, and caused the many photoelectric problems in applications of thin film transistors and solar cell, etc. In this paper, we deposited fluorinated amorphous silicon films(a-Si:H;F) with $SiH_4$ and $SiF_4$ gas mixture and investigated the effects of fluorine atoms on the evoluations of the crystallinity and improvements of light instability. We have found that micro-crystallinity produced in a-SI:H;F films and marked maximum value of 22% at the flow rate of $SiH_4:SiF_4$=2:10 sccm by UV spectrophotometer measurement, while n-Si:H film deposited with only $SiH_4$ gas showed no crystallinity. Light-induced degradation property of a-Si:H;F films is also improved which is mainly due to the etching effects of fluorine atoms on the weak Si-Si bonds and unstable hydrogen bonds. It is considered that involving fluorine atoms in a-Si:H films may contribute to the suppression of light-induced degradation and evolution of micro-crystallinity.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.74.2-74.2
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• 2010

유리를 기판으로 하는 실리콘 박막태양전지의 경우 PIN 비정질 태양전지 뒤에 후면반사막으로 주로 Ga 또는 Al이 Doping된 후면반사막을 사용한다. 이 후면반사막의 경우 PIN층을 통과한 빛을 반사함으로써 빛의 효용성을 높이는 데 그 목적이 있다. 본 논문에서는 후면박사막으로 ZnO:Al을 사용하고 산소 부여량에 따른 투과도, 비저항 변화를 살펴보고 실제로 a-Si:H 박막태양전지를 제작하여 그 효과를 파악하였다. 이 때 산소 부여량이 많아질 경우 투과도는 높아지지만 비저항이 급격히 높아지는 문제가 있었으나 이 조건으로 a-Si:H 박막태양전지를 제작시에도 효율이 상승하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.232-232
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• 2010

Simulation Program (AFORS-HET 2.4.1) was used, include the basic structure of crystalline silicon thin film as above, under the intrinsic a-Si:H films bonded symmetrical structure (Symmetrical structure) were used. The structure of ITO, a-Si p-type, intrinsic a-Si, c-Si, intrinsic a-Si, a-Si n-type, metal (Al) layer has one of the seven. When thickness for each layer was given the change, the changes of a-Si p-type layer and the intrinsic a-Si layer on top had an impact on efficiency. Efficiency ratio of p-type a-Si:H layer thickness was sensitive to, especially a-Si: H layer thickness is increased in a rapid decrease in Jsc and FF, and efficiency was also decreased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.702-702
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• 2013

태양전지에서 SiNX층은 반사방지막 역할과 태양전지 소자 보호 역할 2가지를 동시에 하고 있다. 태양전지에서 반사방지막은 굴절률 1.97, 두께 76 nm가 이론적으로 최적의 상태이다. PECVD장비를 이용하여 SiNx 층을 증착하였다. SiNX층 증착 시에 RF 파워와 혼합 가스를 변화한 후 굴절률을 측정하였다. RF 파워는 100~400 W로 변화시켰고 혼합가스 변화는 SiH4가스와 N2, H2, N2+H2 가스 각각을 같이 넣어 주면서 증착하였다. SiNX 가스 자체에 N2가 80%섞여 있는 가스를 사용하기 때문에 SiH4 가스자체 만으로도 SiNx층을 형성 할 수 있다. RF파워 300 W, SiH4 50 sccm, 기판 온도 $300^{\circ}C$, 공정시간 63초에서 굴절률 1.965, 두께 76 nm를 갖는 SiNx층을 형성 할 수 있었고 개방전압: 0.616 V, 전류밀도: 37.78 mA/$cm^2$, 충실도:76.59%, 효율: 17.82%로 가장 높은 효율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.132.1-132.1
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• 2007

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.95-95
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• 2009

실리콘 이종접합 태양전지는 비정질 실리콘을 사용하여 p-n 접합을 만들기 때문에 결정질 태양전지에 비해 개방전압이 높은 특성을 보인다. 그렇지만 결정질 태양전지는 접합을 확산공정으로 만들어 p층과 n층의 계면에서 결함이 존재하지 않는 반면 이종접합 태양전지는 결정질 실리콘 표면에 접합을 만들기 때문에 결정질 실리콘의 표면에 defect이 존재할 가능성이 많아진다. 이번 실험에서 결정질 실리콘의 cleaning 조건 변화에 따른 이종접합 태양전지의 특성변화를 보았다. 실리콘 이종접합 태양전지는 전면전극/ITO/p a-Si:H/i a-Si:H/n c-Si/i a-Si:H/n a-Si:H/후면전극의 구조로 만들으며 p형 및 n형 비정질 실리콘은 PECVD를 이용하여 증착하였고 i형 비정질 실리콘은 HWCVD를 이용하여 증착하였다. 만들어진 태양전지의 특성을 평가하기 위해 암전류 특성, 광전류 특성, 양자효율, 소수반송자수명을 측정하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1986.07a
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• pp.409-412
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• 1986