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Study of pore reorganisation during annealing of macroporous silicon structures for solar cell application
- Source :
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Thin Solid Films . Aug2008, Vol. 516 Issue 20, p6934-6938. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Abstract: Thin layers of silicon for solar cells can be lifted-off from wafers by taking advantage of the property of macropores to reorganise at high temperature and, in specific conditions, to form a high-quality layer on top of an empty space. Those conditions need to be identified and this work focuses in particular on the annealing ambient composition. Its influence was investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy and by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Apart from hydrogen, which has been used in previous studies, argon was found to be also compatible with the reorganisation. This result points out that the presence of oxygen impurities may not be as deleterious as expected, but that those impurities complicate the set of reactions taking place during the high-temperature process. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *PHOTOVOLTAIC cells
*SOLAR cells
*POROUS silicon
*INFRARED spectroscopy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00406090
- Volume :
- 516
- Issue :
- 20
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Thin Solid Films
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32915429
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.041