Hydrogen passivation of multi-crystalline silicon solar cells

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 学科: 物理学
• 关键词: multi-crystalline silicon solar cells plasma hydrogen passivation
• 年，卷（期）: 2003,（1）
• 页码范围: 112-115
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: O4
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The effects of hydrogen passivation on multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells are reported in this paper.Hydrogen plasma was generated by means of ac glow discharge in a hydrogen atmosphere. Hydrogen passivation was carried out with three different groups of mc-Si solar cells after finishing contacts. The experimental results demonstrated that the photovoltaic performances of the solar cell samples have been improved after hydrogen plasma treatment, with a relative increase in conversion efficiency up to 10.6%. A calculation modelling has been performed to interpret the experimental results using the model for analysis of microelectronic and photonic structures developed at Pennsylvania State University.