Crystalline Silicon Carbide Intermediate Layers for Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells
Solare Energie- und Systemforschung / Solar Energy and Systems Research
Kai Schillinger
Hrsg.: Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg/Brsg.
2014, 138 S., num., mostly col. illus. and tab., Softcover
Sprache: Englisch
Freiburg, Univ., Diss., 2014
Fraunhofer Verlag
ISBN 978-3-8396-0788-6

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Inhalt
This work describes a concept to create photovoltaically active silicon thin-films on ceramic substrates. To achieve this, the ceramics are coated with a diffusion barrier of crystalline silicon carbide. On top of the diffusion barrier the light absorbing silicon layer is created by zone-melting recrystallization of poly-silicon and subsequent epitaxial thickening of the absorber layer. All the processing steps were hereby performed at atmospheric pressure, to allow high throughput and low costs.

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