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An Electrochemical Cleaning Technique for Removal of Surface Contamination before Texturization of Silicon Solar Cells

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In order to decrease the consumption of reagents and silicon during removal of surface contamination before silicon texturing in solar cell manufacturing industry, a new low-cost surface treatment approach of electrochemical cleaning technique (ECT) is reported. In this technique, a powerful oxidizing electrolyte was obtained from the electrochemical reaction on Boron-doped Diamond(BDD) electrodes, and applied during removal of surface contaminations on silicon wafer surfaces. The slightly polished monocrystalline silicon surfaces after cleaning were compared with the ones of primal silicon wafers. The measurement results show that ECT is quite efficient in removing NaCl and organic contaminants. After cleaning, the contrast test was conducted for the textured silicon wafers with/without pre-treatment(polish) separately. The results show that the size of pyramids on the surface without traditional polishing process is homogeneous and smaller than 4 μm, and the average surface reflectance is much lower in the wavelength range from 400 nm to 800 nm. Therefore, the new technique can save silicon material, and effectively avoid optical losses for improving photoconversion effect of solar cells.

electrochemical cleaningsurface contaminationsolar celltexturizationBoron-doped Diamond (BDD) electrodes

ZHANG Jianxin、LIU Yuling、TAN Baimei、NIU Xinhuan、GAO Baohong

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School of Information and Communication Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300160, CHN

Institute of Microelectronics, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, CHN

国家自然科学基金教育部高等学校博士学科点专项科研基金

1067600820050080007

2010

半导体光子学与技术(英文版)
重庆光电技术研究所

半导体光子学与技术(英文版)

影响因子:0.04
ISSN:1007-0206
年,卷(期):2010.16(1)
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