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The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (대한금속재료학회)
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Self-Aligned Ni-P Ohmic Contact Scheme for Silicon Solar Cells by Electroless Deposition

  • Lee, Eun-Kyung (Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science) ;
  • Lim, Dong-Chan (Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Hwan (Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science) ;
  • Lim, Jae-Hong (Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science)
  • Published : 2012.08.20
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Abstract

We report a Ni-P metallization scheme for low resistance ohmic contacts to n-type Si for silicon solar cells. As-deposited Ni-P contacts to n-type Si showed a specific contact resistance of $6.42{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$. The specific contact resistance decreased with increasing thermal annealing temperature. When the Ni-P contact was annealed at $600^{\circ}C$ for 30 min in ambient air, the specific contact resistance was greatly decreased, to $6.37{\times}10^{-5}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$. The improved ohmic property was attributed to the decrease in the work function due to the formation of Ni-silicides from Ni in-diffusion during the thermal annealing process. Effects of the annealing process on the electrical and crystal properties of the contacts were investigated by means of various resistivity measurements (circular transmission line method (c-TLM), 4-point probe), glancing angle x-ray diffraction (GAXRD), and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

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