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Re?ow of phosphorous silicate glass layer formed on textured Si surface in crystalline Si solar cells

  • Jin Sung Kim
  • , Min Woo Seo
  • , Kwang Soon Ahn
  • , Chel Jong Choi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Jeonbuk National University
  • Yeungnam University

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Abstract

We have investigated the re?ow behavior of phosphorus silicate glass (PSG) layer formed on textured Si surface using transmission electron microscopy and simulation. For conventional wet oxidation process, stress-dependent surface reaction and stress-dependent oxidant diffusion led to the oxidation retardation in both convex and concave regions of the textured Si surface, respectively. However, PSG ?lm formed by POCl 3-diffusion underwent re?ow, resulting in the formations of thinner and thicker PSG ?lms in convex and concave regions, respectively. Simulation results showed that the re?ow of PSG ?lms causes lateral thermal mismatch stresses to increase and decrease in convex and concave regions, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5700-5703
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
Volume12
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012.07

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Phosphorus Silicate Glass
  • PoCl
  • Re?ow
  • Solar Cell
  • Textured Si

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Biological Sciences

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