Effective lifetimes exceeding 300 μs in gettered p-type epitaxial kerfless silicon for photovoltaics

We evaluate defect concentrations and investigate the lifetime potential of p-type single-crystal kerfless silicon produced via epitaxy for photovoltaics. In gettered material, low interstitial iron concentrations (as low as (3.2 ± 2.2) × 10[superscript 9] cm[superscript −3]) suggest that minority-c...

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Main Authors: Powell, D. M., Hao, R., Ravi, T. S., Hofstetter, Jasmin, Fenning, David P., Buonassisi, Tonio
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97226
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-9312
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-4937