Investigation of Texturing for Mono-crystalline Silicon without IPA

被引：3
作者：
Zhou, Su [1 ]
Zhou, Chunlan [1 ]
Zhu, Junjie [2 ]
Wang, Wenjing [1 ]
Chen, Jingwei [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Elect Engn, Key Lab Solar Thermal Energy & Photovolta Syst, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Inst Energy Technol, Kjeller, Norway
来源：
MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL AUTOMATION | 2014年 / 442卷
关键词：
Mono-crystalline silicon; Alkaline texturing; IPA-free; Solar cells; SOLAR-CELLS; ETCHING PROCESS;
D O I：
10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.442.129
中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is widely used as an additive to enhance the alkaline texturing process of mono-crystalline silicon solar cells currently. However, due to its low boiling point and high volatilization, some negative effects are brought into large scale production especially in stability, cost and environment. In this paper, an IPA-free texturing process was studied by using other additive instead of IPA. The influences of concentration of KOH and additive on etching rate, surface morphology and weighted reflectance were investigated. It is found that the additive has an opposite effect on etching rate and pyramid size compared to KOH. The etching rate and average pyramid size decrease with the concentration of additive increased. The best weight reflectance of 10.8% and lowest average pyramid size of 1.1 urn were obtained on mono-crystalline silicon surface by an optimized solution of 1.5 wt% KOH and 1.5 wt% additive at 80oC for 20 minutes. Finally, the effects of KOH and IPA-free additive on the texturing process were also discussed in detail.
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