• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2013

Silicon nitride($SiN_x:H$) deposited by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition(RF-PECVD) is commonly used for anti-reflection coating and passivation in crystalline silicon solar cell fabrication. In this paper, characteristics of the deposited silicon nitride was studied with change of working pressure, deposition temperature, gas ratio of $NH_3$ and $SiH_4$, and RF power during deposition. The deposition rate, refractive index and effective lifetime were analyzed. The (100) p-type silicon wafers with one-side polished, $660-690{\mu}m$, and resistivity $1-10{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ were used. As a result, when the working pressure increased, the deposition rate of SiNx was increased while the effective life time for the $SiN_x$-deposited wafer was decreased. The result regarding deposition temperature, gas ratio and RF power changes would be explained in detail below. In this paper, the optimized condition in silicon nitride deposition for silicon solar cell was obtained as 1.0 Torr for the working pressure, $400^{\circ}C$ for deposition temperature, 500 W for RF power and 0.88 for $NH_3/SiH_4$ gas ratio. The silicon nitride layer deposited in this condition showed the effective life time of > $1400{\mu}s$ and the surface recombination rate of 25 cm/s. The crystalline silicon solar cell fabricated with this SiNx coating showed 18.1% conversion efficiency.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.271-271
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• 2010

고효율 실리콘 태양전지를 제작하기 위하여 surface passivation, 레이저와 lithography기술들이 연구되어 지고 있다. 결정질 실리콘 태양전지의 기판의 두께가 점점 얇아지면서 surface-to-volume 비율이 증가되어 surface passivation은 매우 중요하다. surface passivation은 크게 2가지 방법으로 진행되고 있으다. 첫 번째는 Si의 dangling bond의 passivation과 surface recombination process 제어에 기초를 두고 있다. 일반적으로 박막을 이용한 실리콘 passivation은 $SiO_2$, SiN, a-Si, $Al_2O_3$박막 4가지가 이용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 p-type SoG기판위에 원자층 증착법(ALD)을 이용하여 $Al_2O_3$박막의 negative fixed charge의 internal electric field로 surface passivation을 연구하였다. TMA와 $H_2O/O_3$을 사용하여 ALD $Al_2O_3$를 10~30nm두께를 갖도록 증착하였다. 표면 처리 조건, $Al_2O_3$박막 두께, ALD 공정 조건과 후열처리등에 따른 실리콘의 특성, carrier lifetime변화를 측정하여 효과적인 field induced passivation을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제4권8호
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• pp.921-926
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• 1994

Gate oxide의 특성은 세정공정에서 사용된 last세정용액에 큰 영향을 받는다. Standard RCA, HF-last, SCI-last, and HF-only 공정들은 gate oxidation하기 전 본 실험에서 행해진 세정공정들이다. 세정공정을 마친 Si기판들은 oxidation furnace에서 $900^{\circ}C$로 thermal oxidation공정을 거치게 된다. 100$\AA$의 gate oxide를 성장시킨 후 lifetime detector, VPD, AAS, SIMS, TEM, 그리고 AFM고 같은 분석장비를 이용하여 oxide의 특성을 평가했다. HF-last와 HF-only 공정에 의해 금속 불순물들이 매우 효과적으로 제거됐음을 알 수 있었다. Oxide의 표면 및 계면 형상은AFM과 TEM 측정을 통하여 관찰하였다. 표면거칠기는 SCI 세정용액을 사용한 splits 실험에서 불균일함이 관찰되었고 HF-only세정공정을 거친 시편 및 계면이 가장 smooth했다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1009-1014
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• 2012

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (${\alpha}$-Si:H) layers deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) are investigated for use in silicon hetero-junction solar cells employing n-type crystalline silicon (c-Si) substrates. The optical and structural properties of silicon hetero-junction devices have been characterized using spectroscopy ellipsometry and high resolution cross-sectional transmission electron micrograph (HRTEM). In addition, the effective carrier lifetime is measured by the quasi-steady-state photocoductance (QSSPC) method. We have studied on the correlation between the order of ${\alpha}$-Si:H and the passivation quality at the interface of ${\alpha}$-Si:H/c-Si. Base on the result, we have fabricated a silicon hetero-junction solar cell incorporating the ${\alpha}$-Si:H passivation layer with on open circuit voltage ($V_{oc}$) of 637 mV.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.149-149
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• 2010

The double-layer antireflection (DLAR) coatings have significant advantages over single-layer antireflection (SLAR) coatings. This is because they will be able to cover a broad range of the solar spectrum which would enhance the overall performance of solar cells. Moreover films deposited at high frequency are expected to show excellent and UV-stable passivation in the refractive index that we adopted. In this work, we present a novel DLAR coating using SiNx:H thin films with refractive indices 1.9 and 2.3 as the top and bottom layers. This approach is cost effective when compared to earlier DLAR coatings with two different materials. SiNx:H films were deposited by Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique using $SiH_4$, $NH_3$ and $N_2$ gases with flow rates 20~80sccm, 200sccm and 85 sccm respectively. The RF power, plasma frequency and substrate temperature for the deposition were 300W, 13.56 MHz and $450^{\circ}C$, respectively. The optimum thickness and refractive indices values for DLAR coatings were estimated theoretically using Macleod simulation software as 82.24 nm for 1.9 and 68.58 nm for 2.3 respectively. Solar cells were fabricated with SLAR and DLAR coatings of SiNx:H films and compared the cell efficacy. SiNx:H> films deposited at a substrate temperature of $450^{\circ}C$ and that at 300 W power showed best effective minority carrier lifetime around $50.8\;{\mu}s$. Average reflectance values of SLAR coatings with refractive indices 1.9, 2.05 and 2.3 were 10.1%, 9.66% and 9.33% respectively. In contrast, optimized DLAR coating showed a reflectance value as low as 8.98% in the wavelength range 300nm - 1100nm.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2001

원격 수소 플라즈마에 의한 Si 웨이퍼 표면 위의 Cr, Ni 및 Cu불순물의 제거 효과를 조사하였다. Si 웨이퍼를 이 불순물들이 포함되어 있는 아세톤으로 집중적으로 오염시켰으며 최적 공정조건을 결정하기 위해 rf-power와 plasma노출시간을 변화시키면서 실험을 수행하였다. 리모트 수소 플라즈마 세정 후 Si 웨이퍼 표면은 Total X-ray Reflection Fluorescence(TXRF), Surface Photovoltage(SPV) 및 Atomic Forece Microscope(AFM)에 의해 분석되었다. 리모트 수소 플라즈마 세정 후 Cr, Ni 및 Cu불순물의 농도는 감소하였고 소수 전하운반자수명은 전반적으로 증가하였다. 또한 AFM 분석결과 표면 거칠기는 전반적으로 향상되었고 Si 기판에 거의 손상을 주지 않았다. TXRF 분석결과는 리모트 수소 플라즈마 세정이 적절한 공정 조건에서 이루어질 때 금속 오염물의 제거에 아주 효과적임을 보여주었다. 또한, Cr, Ni 및 Cu 불순물의 제거는 $SiO_2$가 제거될 때 $SiO_2$에 묻어 함께 제거되는 이른바 lift-off mechanism에 의한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.461-465
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• 2016

n-type silicon shows the better tolerance towards metal impurities with a higher minority carrier lifetime compared to p-type silicon substrate. Due to better lifetime stability as compared to p-type during illumination made the photovoltaic community to switch toward n-type wafers for high efficiency silicon solar cells. We fabricated the front electrode of the n-type solar cell with AgAl paste. The electrodes characteristics of the AgAl paste depend on the contact junction depth that is closely related to the firing temperature. Metal contact depth with p+ emitter, with optimized depth is important as it influence the resistance. In this study, we optimize the firing condition for the effective formation of the metal depth by varying the firing condition. The firing was carried out at temperatures below $670^{\circ}C$ with low contact depth and high contact resistance. It was noted that the contact resistance was reduced with the increase of firing temperature. The contact resistance of $5.99m{\Omega}cm^2$ was shown for the optimum firing temperature of $865^{\circ}C$. Over $900^{\circ}C$, contact junction is bonded to the Si through the emitter, resulting the contact resistance to shunt. we obtained photovoltaic parameter such as fill factor of 76.68%, short-circuit current of $40.2mA/cm^2$, open-circuit voltage of 620 mV and convert efficiency of 19.11%.

• 전기의세계
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.53-63
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• 1979

Interface recombination velocity in $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As-GaAs and $Al_{0.85}$, G $a_{0.15}$ As-GaA $s_{1-y}$S $b_{y}$ heterojunction systems is studied as a function of lattice mismatch. The results are applied to the design of highly efficient III-V heterojunction solar cells. A horizontal liquid-phase epitaxial growth system was used to prepare p-p-p and p-p-n $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As-GaA $s_{1-y}$S $b_{y}$-A $l_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As double heterojunction test samples with specified values of x and y. Samples were grown at each composition, with different GaAs and GaAs Sb layer thicknesses. A method was developed to obtain the lattice mismatch and lattice constants in mixed single crystals grown on (100) and (111)B oriented GaAs substrates. In the AlGaAs system, elastic lattice deformation with effective Poisson ratios .mu.$_{eff}$ (100=0.312 and .mu.$_{eff}$ (111B) =0.190 was observed. The lattice constant $a_{0}$ (A $l_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As)=5.6532+0.0084x.angs. was obtained at 300K which is in good Agreement with Vegard's law. In the GaAsSb system, although elastic lattice deformation was observed in (111) B-oriented crystals, misfit dislocations reduced the Poisson ratio to zero in (100)-oriented samples. When $a_{0}$ (GaSb)=6.0959 .angs. was assumed at 300K, both (100) and (111)B oriented GaAsSb layers deviated only slightly from Vegard's law. Both (100) and (111)B zero-mismatch $Al_{0.85}$ G $a_{0.15}$As-GaA $s_{1-y}$S $b_{y}$ layers were grown from melts with a weight ratio of $W_{sb}$ / $W_{Ga}$ =0.13 and a growth temperature of 840 to 820 .deg.C. The corresponding Sb compositions were y=0.015 and 0.024 on (100) and (111)B orientations, respectively. This occurs because of a fortuitous in the Sb distribution coefficient with orientation. Interface recombination velocity was estimated from the dependence of the effective minority carrier lifetime on double-heterojunction spacing, using either optical phase-shift or electroluminescence timedecay techniques. The recombination velocity at a (100) interface was reduced from (2 to 3)*10$^{4}$ for y=0 to (6 to 7)*10$^{3}$ cm/sec for lattice-matched $Al_{0.85}$G $a_{0.15}$As-GaA $s_{0.985}$S $b_{0.015}$ Although this reduction is slightly less than that expected from the exponential relationship between interface recombination velocity and lattice mismatch as found in the AlGaAs-GaAs system, solar cells constructed from such a combination of materials should have an excellent spectral response to photons with energies over the full range from 1.4 to 2.6 eV. Similar measurements on a (111) B oriented lattice-matched heterojunction produced some-what larger interface recombination velocities.ities.ities.s.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.210-216
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• 2010

This paper investigates the dependence of a-Si:H/c-Si passivation and heterojunction solar cell performances on various cleaning processes of silicon wafers. It is observed that the passivation quality of a-Si:H thin-films on c-Si wafers depends highly on the initial H-termination properties of the wafer surface. The effective minority carrier lifetime (MCLT) of highly H-terminated wafer is beneficial for obtaining high quality passivation of a-Si:H/c-Si. The wafers passivated by p(n)-doped a-Si:H layers have low MCLT regardless of the initial H-termination quality. On the other hand, the MCLT of wafers incorporating intrinsic (i) a-Si:H as a passivation layer shows sensitive variation with initial cleaning and H-termination schemes. By applying the improved cleaning processes, we can obtain an MCLT of $100{\mu}sec$ after H-termination and above $600{\mu}sec$ after i a-Si:H thin film deposition. By adapting improved cleaning processes and by improving passivation and doped layers, we can fabricate a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction solar cells with an active area conversion efficiency of 18.42%, which cells have an open circuit voltage of 0.670V, short circuit current of $37.31\;mA/cm^2$ and fill factor of 0.7374. These cells show more than 20% pseudo efficiency measured by Suns-$V_{oc}$ with an elimination of series resistance.