Investigating wafer quality in industrial czochralski‐grown gallium‐doped p‐type silicon ingots with melt recharging

R Basnet, C Sun, T Le, Z Yang, A Liu, Q Jin… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a systematic study of the electronic quality of gallium‐doped p‐type silicon wafers
from Czochralski‐grown ingots with melt recharging is presented. It is found that in the as …

Comprehensive characterization of efficiency limiting defects in the swirl-shaped region of Czochralski silicon

Z Wang, X Zhu, S Yuan, X Yu, D Yang - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract For Czochralski silicon (Cz-Si) solar cells, swirl-shaped regions in silicon wafers
could lead to efficiency degradation, usually accompanied by hot spots and thermal …

Passivation of ring defects in czochralski-grown silicon using magnesium fluoride films

R Basnet, HC Sio, C Sun, HT Nguyen… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This work investigates the potential application of magnesium fluoride (MgF x) films and
compares its effectiveness to conventional silicon nitride (SiN x: H) for passivating ring …

Characterisation of striations in n-type silicon wafer processed with polysilicon contacts

Z Zhou, F Rougieux, M Siriwardhana… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We analysed the electronic and optical properties of oxygen-related striations in n-type
Czochralski silicon wafers that underwent polysilicon contact process using deep level …

Comprehensive Model for Charge Carrier Recombination in Czochralski‐Grown Silicon Due to Oxygen Precipitation in Industrial Solar Cell Manufacturing

S Maus, S Mack, J Schön, M Meßmer, A Wolf… - Solar RRL, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen precipitates are among the most detrimental oxygen‐related silicon bulk defects
formed during solar cell manufacturing. These defects are formed only during high …

Ring‐Like Defect Formation in N‐Type Czochralski‐Grown Silicon Wafers during Thermal Donor Formation

R Basnet, H Sio, M Siriwardhana… - … status solidi (a), 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents experimental and simulation studies on the formation of recombination‐
active ring‐like defects during thermal donor (TD) formation at 450° C in n‐type Czochralski …

Analysis of Te inclusion striations in (Cd, Zn) Te crystals grown by traveling heater method

J Zou, A Fauler, AS Senchenkov, NN Kolesnikov… - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The growth of (Cd, Zn) Te (CZT) crystals and the improvement of the crystal quality are part
of a research project towards experiments under microgravity using the Traveling Heater …

Ring defects in n-type Czochralski-grown silicon: A high spatial resolution study using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, micro-photoluminescence, and micro …

R Basnet, C Sun, H Wu, HT Nguyen… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We investigated ring defects induced by a two-step anneal in n-type Czochralski-grown
silicon wafers using a combination of high spatial resolution Fourier Transform Infrared …

Impact of gettering and hydrogenation on sub-band-gap luminescence from ring defects in Czochralski-grown silicon

R Basnet, M Siriwardhana, HT Nguyen… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ring defects often occur in n-type Czochralski-grown silicon wafers during intermediate-to
high-temperature annealing and become more recombination-active with increasing anneal …

Photoluminescence spectroscopy of thermal donors and oxygen precipitates formed in czochralski silicon at 450° C

M Siriwardhana, F Rougieux, R Basnet… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photoluminescence spectra have been measured at 80 K in Czochralski-grown silicon
wafers annealed at 450° C, causing thermal donor and oxygen-precipitate generation. Six …