Comparison of Surface Passivation Techniques for Measurement of Minority Carrier Lifetime in Thin Si Wafers: Toward a Stable and Uniform Passivation

Bhushan Sopori, Srinivas Devayajanam, Prakash Basnyat, Vishal Mehta, Helio Moutinho, Bill Nemeth, Vincenzo Lasalvia, Steve Johnston, N. M. Ravindra, Jeff Binns, Jesse Appel

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Abstract

We describe appropriate wafer cleaning procedure and surface passivation characteristics of various passivants used for making measurement of minority carrier lifetime (τB ) of very high quality Si wafers. These passivants include: iodine ethanol (I-E), quinhydrone methanol (QH-M), SiO2, and Al2O3. The issues related to the passivation stability and the spatial uniformity for mapping τB are also discussed.

Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 21 Apr 201425 Apr 2014

Conference

Conference2014 MRS Spring Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period21/04/1425/04/14

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Materials Research Society.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5J00-60713

Keywords

  • oxide
  • passivation
  • Si

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