Impact of compensation on the boron and oxygen-related degradation of upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon solar cells

Maxime Forster; Pierre Wagner; Julien Degoulange; Roland Einhaus; Giuseppe Galbiati; Fiacre Emile Rougieux; Andrés Cuevas; Erwann Fourmond

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.014

Impact of compensation on the boron and oxygen-related degradation of upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon solar cells

Maxime Forster^*, Pierre Wagner, Julien Degoulange, Roland Einhaus, Giuseppe Galbiati, Fiacre Emile Rougieux, Andrés Cuevas, Erwann Fourmond

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This paper deals with the impact of dopant compensation on the degradation of carrier lifetime and solar cells performance due to the boron-oxygen defect. The boron-oxygen defect density evaluated by lifetime measurements before and after degradation is systematically found proportional to the total boron concentration, showing that compensation cannot reduce light-induced degradation. This result is confirmed by a comparison of upgraded-metallurgical grade silicon solar cells having identical boron, oxygen and carbon but different compensation levels and in which the degradation is found more severe when the compensation is stronger.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	390-395
Number of pages	6
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	120
Issue number	PART A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.014
Publication status	Published - 2014

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