The importance of surface texture to high silicon solar cell performance

Conference · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5832401

Spitzer, M B; Bajgar, C; Keavney, C J; Tobin, S P

This paper reviews the utilization of surface texture for attainment of high conversion efficiency in Si p/n junction solar cells. Advantages and disadvantages of surface texture are discussed, and recent research on high efficiency ion-implanted cells that demonstrates some important aspects of texture is reviewed. Texture-etched cells with AMI conversion efficiency of 18% are reported and the manner in which use of texture might lead to even higher efficiency is discussed.

• Research Organization: Spire Corporation, Bedford, MA
• OSTI ID: 5832401
• Report Number(s): CONF-840804-
• Journal Information: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 4; Conference: Intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Aug 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
FABRICATION
PERFORMANCE
TEXTURE
EFFICIENCY
ETCHING
ION IMPLANTATION
P-N JUNCTIONS
SILICON
SURFACE PROPERTIES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
JUNCTIONS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS
SEMIMETALS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SURFACE FINISHING
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion