Modeling effective carrier lifetimes of passivated macroporous silicon layers

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  • Marco Ernst
  • Rolf Brendel

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1197-1202
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Jahrgang95
Ausgabenummer4
Frühes Online-Datum4 Feb. 2011
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Apr. 2011

Abstract

We derive and apply a model that determines the effective minority carrier lifetime of macroporous crystalline silicon samples as a function of bulk lifetime, surface passivation and pore morphology. Two cases are considered: A layer of periodic macropores at the surface of a silicon wafer and a free standing macroporous silicon layer. We compare the model with experimental lifetime measurements for samples with randomly positioned macropores with a length of 1040 μm. The pores have an average pore diameter of 2.4 μm and an average pore distance of 5.2 μm. The surface is passivated by thermal oxidation. The model agrees with the measurements if we assume an average surface recombination velocity S=24 cm/s at the pore surface.

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Modeling effective carrier lifetimes of passivated macroporous silicon layers. / Ernst, Marco; Brendel, Rolf.
in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Jahrgang 95, Nr. 4, 04.2011, S. 1197-1202.

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Ernst M, Brendel R. Modeling effective carrier lifetimes of passivated macroporous silicon layers. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2011 Apr;95(4):1197-1202. Epub 2011 Feb 4. doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.017
Ernst, Marco ; Brendel, Rolf. / Modeling effective carrier lifetimes of passivated macroporous silicon layers. in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2011 ; Jahrgang 95, Nr. 4. S. 1197-1202.
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