25.7% efficient PERC solar cell using double side silicide on oxide electrostatically doped (SILO-ED) carrier selective contacts: process and device simulation study
Passivating contacts have recently considered as a superior carrier-selective contact approach for high-efficiency silicon-based photovoltaic devices. However, the conversion efficiencies of the silicon-based passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) are limited by contact recombination losses that re...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Semiconductor science and technology 2023-05, Vol.38 (5), p.55010 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Passivating contacts have recently considered as a superior carrier-selective contact approach for high-efficiency silicon-based photovoltaic devices. However, the conversion efficiencies of the silicon-based passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) are limited by contact recombination losses that reduce their performance. Therefore, we investigated a new manufacturable silicide on oxide-based electrostatically doped (SILO-ED) carrier-selective contact to suppress the contact recombination losses and reduce the saturation current density (
j
0
). For the first time, double side electrostatic doping is introduced to the PERC devices to form the carrier selective passivating contacts. First, a conventional PERC device was designed and the effects of surface recombination velocity (SRV) at both contacts were studied. After that, single and double SILO-ED based contacts are introduced into the device and a systematic analysis is performed to understand the tunneling phenomena and improve the conversion efficiency compared to existing PERC cells. The front SILO-ED based device with back contact SRV of 10 cm s
−1
showed a power conversion efficiency of 25.4% with
j
0
(14.3 fA·cm
−2
). In contrast, the double SILO-ED device delivered 25.7% conversion efficiency by further suppressing the
j
0
to 11.8 fA·cm
−2
by implementing SILO-ED approach with two different metal silicides such as erbium silicide (ErSi
2
) and palladium silicide (Pd
2
Si) on front and rear contact surface. The champion double SILO-ED PERC solar cell delivered a conversion efficiency of 25.7% with an open circuit voltage (
V
OC
) of 742 mV. The results reported in this study would help to develop superior passivating contact-based PERC solar cells for higher efficiencies. |
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ISSN: | 0268-1242 1361-6641 |
DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6641/acc199 |