Detection of stable positive fixed charges in AlOx activated during annealing with in situ modulated PhotoLuminescence

Anatole Desthieux; Mengkoing Sreng; Pavel Bulkin; Ileana Florea; Etienne Drahi; Barbara Bazer-Bachi; Jean Charles Vanel; François Silva; Jorge Posada; Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111172

Detection of stable positive fixed charges in AlO_x activated during annealing with in situ modulated PhotoLuminescence

Anatole Desthieux
, Mengkoing Sreng
, Pavel Bulkin
, Ileana Florea
, Etienne Drahi
, Barbara Bazer-Bachi
, Jean Charles Vanel
, François Silva
, Jorge Posada
, Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

Lamsid/EDF/R and D
Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France
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Abstract

An in situ Modulated Photoluminescence (MPL) measurement setup mounted on a Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) reactor is described. A method for deriving the actual minority carrier lifetime at the specific injection level of 1.10¹⁵ cm⁻³ is presented. This tool was used in a case study to monitor the passivation properties of aluminum oxide (AlO_x) thin films upon annealing. Interesting kinetics, such as a drop of lifetime at temperatures higher than 250 °C along with a recovery of the lifetime during the cooling phase, are shown. Moreover, these in situ results combined with ex situ studies allowed us to demonstrate the formation a stable high positive fixed charge density in the AlO_x layer (+1.10¹² cm⁻²) as a consequence of the combination of annealing and light exposure.

Original language	English
Article number	111172
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	230
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111172
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2021

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Keywords

Aluminum oxide
Annealing
Fixed charges
In situ
Modulated photoluminescence
Silicon solar cells

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Desthieux, A., Sreng, M., Bulkin, P., Florea, I., Drahi, E., Bazer-Bachi, B., Vanel, J. C., Silva, F., Posada, J., & Roca i Cabarrocas, P. (2021). Detection of stable positive fixed charges in AlO_x activated during annealing with in situ modulated PhotoLuminescence. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 230, Article 111172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111172

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