Stability of aluminium-polysilicon photovoltaic junctions

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Aluminium p-type polysilicon contacts display a rectifying behaviour which exhibits an aging towards reduced Schottky barrier heights and increased n-values or ideality factors. The time scale for this aging process increases dramatically with the thickness of the aluminium layer in the range 100–1000 Å, and the overall behaviour is in accordance with the model of Ponpon and Siffert for transport of oxygen through the aluminium film to the polysilicon surface.

Inspec keywords: aluminium; photovoltaic effects; ageing; silicon; semiconductor technology; solar cells; semiconductor-metal boundaries; elemental semiconductors; Schottky-barrier diodes

Other keywords: rectifying behaviour; poly-Si solar cells; Al p-poly-Si contacts; photovoltaic junctions; O2 transport through Al film; ageing; stability

Subjects: Photoelectric conversion; solar cells and arrays; Electrical properties of metal-nonmetal contacts; Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects; photodielectric effects; Solar cells and arrays; Semiconductor-metal interfaces; Junction and barrier diodes; Semiconductor technology

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