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Effects of Microstructure and Chemical Composition on Ebic Contrast in Hem Solar Cell Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

T.D. Sullivan*
Affiliation:
Dept.of Materials Science and Engineering350 Bard Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

EBIC images of an HEM solar cell display extensive spatial innomogenieties in the production of short-circuit current. TEM imaging reveals a variety of morphologies having dimensions on the order of 10 Um embedded in the material.Correlation of a region with high current collection to one or these distinct morphological regions suggests that segregation or B is responsible for the EBIC contrast.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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