Issue |
EPJ Photovolt.
Volume 14, 2023
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Article Number | 22 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | High Efficiency Materials and Devices - New concepts | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023013 | |
Published online | 06 July 2023 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023013
Regular Article
Edge passivation of shingled poly-Si/SiOx passivated contacts solar cells
1
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, Campus Ines, 73375 Le Bourget du Lac, France
2
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IM2NP, Marseille, France
* e-mail: franck.dhainaut@cea.fr
Received:
14
March
2023
Received in final form:
11
May
2023
Accepted:
2
June
2023
Published online: 6 July 2023
This work aims at the full recovery of efficiency losses induced by shingling double-side poly-Si/SiOx passivated contacts crystalline silicon solar cells. It focuses on thermally-activated Aluminium Oxide (AlOx) layers elaborated by thermal Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) to passivate the edges of shingled cells cut by using the innovative “45° tilt squaring approach”. The whole procedure featuring high-temperature AlOx annealing led to very low cut-related performance losses. Indeed, the efficiency and FF of the passivated shingled cells surpassed the values obtained for the as-cut shingles by 0.5%abs and 2.6%abs, respectively. Approaches for further improvements are also discussed, particularly to overcome the short-circuit current density decrease observed for passivated shingles.
Key words: Shingle solar cell / passivated contacts / edge passivation / AlOx / high temperature
© F. Dhainaut et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2023
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