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Empirical study of the interaction of silicon substrate thinness, device design, and solar cell processingProcessing experiments using wire-saw techniques to slice thin silicon wafers are described. Substrates were sliced directly to 17 mil, 8 mil, and 5 mil thicknesses. Some of the 8 mil substrates and all of the 5 mil substrates were chemically etched to 7 and 4 mils, respectively, to guarantee removal of any saw damage. The wafers wire sawed to 17 mil thicknesses were processed as reference cells. A baseline process which results in an n(+)-p cell structure, and two advanced processes which provide n(+)-p-p(+) structures were utilized. By using a p(+) enhancement layer on the solar cell back surface, the performance of the 7 mil wafers was increased to exceed that of the 17 mil solar cells with simple n(+)-p structures. Cells fabricated by an ion implantation sequence utilizing elemental boron and phosphorus implants were shown to be capable of equalling or exceeding the performance of cells fabricated by an equivalent all-diffusion process.
Document ID
19810042796
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Pryor, R. A.
(Motorola, Inc. Phoenix, Ariz., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1980
Subject Category
Engineering (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Location: San Diego, CA
Start Date: January 7, 1980
End Date: January 10, 1980
Accession Number
81A27200
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: JPL-955328
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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