INSTITUTE OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCESINSTITUTE OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCES

INSTITUTE OF METALLURGY

AND MATERIALS SCIENCES

30-059 Krakow, Reymonta 25 St.

tel: (+48 12) 637 42 00, 637 45 80,

fax: (+48 12) 637 21 92

www: htp://www.imim-pan.krakow.pl

LABORATORY OF MULTILAYER MATERIALS

Photovoltaic Group43-340 Kozy, Krakowska 22 St.

tel/fax.: (+48 33) 8174 249e-mail: nmlipins@imim-pan.krakow.pl pan-kozy@wp.pl

LABORATORY OF MULTILAYER MATERIALSLABORATORY OF MULTILAYER MATERIALS

Head of the laboratory:Prof. Andrzej Pawłowski Ph. D. D. Sc. Eng e-mail: nmpawlow@imim-pan.krakow.pl

Scientific manager of the photovoltaic group: Paweł Zięba Ph. D. D. Sc. Eng. e-mail: nmzieba@imim-pan.krakow.pl

Scientific staff:

Marek Lipiński Ph.D, E-mail: pan-kozy@wp.plPiotr Panek M.Sc.Zbigniew Świątek Ph.D.,Elżbieta Jankowska

RESEARCH TECHNIQUESRESEARCH TECHNIQUES

Photovoltaic Laboratory in Kozy

  Two Infra-red (IR) belt furnaces (RTC type LA-310)

The industrial furnace for diffusion and heat treatment processes

  The semiautomatic screen-printer

  The four-point resistive probe

  The measuring system for I-V solar cells characteristics

 The monochromator Jobin-Yvon H20 IR 

RESEARCH TECHNIQUESRESEARCH TECHNIQUES

Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science in Cracow

Complex structure certificated examinations in conformance with standard ISO Quality System on: 

Instron mechanical testing machine:

  XRD Philips diffractometer

  TEM Philips CM20 with EDAX EDX system

  SEM Philips XL30 with LINK ISIS EDX system and ESEM Philips with EBSD

system for imaging orientation microscopy

  Spectrometer Jobin Yvon Glow Discharge JY 10 000

  Full equipment for sample preparation including jet electropolishing unit,

dimpler, GATAN ion beam thinner

PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY in KozyPHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY in Kozy

Twenty five years experience in R&D of silicon solar cells

First Si solar cell in Poland (1977)

Texturization

Diffususion

Passivation

Antireflection Layers

Porous Silicon

SiNx, TiOx

Metallization by Screen Printing

Texturization of mono- and multi-Si wafersTexturization of mono- and multi-Si wafers

SEM micrograph of mono-Si wafer textured with a KOH solution.

SEM micrograph of mono-Si wafer textured with a KOH solution.

SEM micrograph of an acid textured multi-Si wafer.

SEM micrograph of an acid textured multi-Si wafer.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTSCURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Project: „Elaboration of high efficiency monocrystalline and

multicrystalline silicon solar cell”, part of the grant PBZ KBN 05/T11/98 „Development of Photovoltaics to Produce Electricity in Poland” (1999-2002)

Solar cellIsc

(A)

Voc

(mV)

FF

%

Eff

(%)

Cz-Si

TiOx

3.20 599 75.6 14.50

Cz- Si

SiNx

3.20 603 76.6 14.80

mc-Si

SiNx

3.10 598 75.0 14.00

Electrical parameters of solar cells 100 cm2

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTSCURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Joint Project with the Laboratoire de Chimie Metallurgique des Terres Rares Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, (No. 9521): „Application of Porous Silicon to Silicon Solar Cells”, (2001-2002).

State Committee for Scientific Research Project (No. 5.6/2002): „Influence of the Surface and Near-Surface Structure (Porous Silicon) on the Properties of Si – Base Semiconductors”.

Solar cell Isc

(A)

Voc

(mV)

FF

(%)

Eff

(%)

mc-Si 2.96 585 77.1 13.30

Electrical parameters of mc- Si solar cell with PSi ARC

PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZYPHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZY

Infrared Furnace Systems LA-310 RTC for diffusion

Infrared Furnace Systems

LA-310 RTC

for metallization

PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZYPHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZY

Semiautomatic screen-printer

de Haart

POCl3 diffusion and thermal passivation

Furnace System

PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZYPHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZY

I-V solar cells characteristics system

Four-point

resistivity probe

PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZYPHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZY

I-V characteritsic

of monocrystalline

Si solar cell with SiNx ARC

I-V characteristic of mc- Si

solar cell with SiNx ARC

1.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek, E. Bielańska, E. Węgłowska, H. Czternastek, Influence of the Porous Silicon on the Parametres of Silicon Solar Cells,

Opto-Electr. Rev. 8, (2000) 418-420. 

2.        P. Panek, M. Lipiński, H. Czternastek, Porous Silicon Layer as Antireflection Coating in Solar Cells,

Opto-Electr.Rev.8, (2000) 57-59. 

3.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek,Porous Silicon Layers in Solar Cells by Using a Simple and Useful Process,

Proc. of 16th European Photovoltaic Sol. Energy Con. and Exhibition, Glasgow, 2000, 1613-1615.  

4.        E. Beltowska-Lehman, Z. Swiatek, M. Lipinski, P. Panek, T. Zdanowicz, F. Krok, R. CiachThe Influence of Surface Modification on Optoelectronic Properties of Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells ,

Proc. of the 28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 16-22 September 2000, Anchorage - Alaska, 331-334. 

5.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek, Z. Świątek, E. Bełtowska, R. CiachDouble porous silicon layer on multi-crystalline Si for photovoltaic application,

Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 72, (2002) 271-276. 

6.        V.Y Yerokhov, M. Lipiński, R. Ciach, H. Nagel, A. Mylyanych, P. Panek, Cost-effective methods of texturing for silicon solar cells, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 72, (2002) 291-298.

 7.        M. Lipiński,, P. Panek, S. Bastide, C. Lévy-Clément

Porous Silicon Antireflection Coating By Electrochemical and Chemical Methods For Silicon Solar Cells Manufacturing , Mat. of the 3d International Conf. Puerto de la Cruz, 10-15 March, 2002, Porous Semiconductors-Science and Technology, 97-98.

1.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek, E. Bielańska, E. Węgłowska, H. Czternastek, Influence of the Porous Silicon on the Parametres of Silicon Solar Cells,

Opto-Electr. Rev. 8, (2000) 418-420. 

2.        P. Panek, M. Lipiński, H. Czternastek, Porous Silicon Layer as Antireflection Coating in Solar Cells,

Opto-Electr.Rev.8, (2000) 57-59. 

3.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek,Porous Silicon Layers in Solar Cells by Using a Simple and Useful Process,

Proc. of 16th European Photovoltaic Sol. Energy Con. and Exhibition, Glasgow, 2000, 1613-1615.  

4.        E. Beltowska-Lehman, Z. Swiatek, M. Lipinski, P. Panek, T. Zdanowicz, F. Krok, R. CiachThe Influence of Surface Modification on Optoelectronic Properties of Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells ,

Proc. of the 28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 16-22 September 2000, Anchorage - Alaska, 331-334. 

5.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek, Z. Świątek, E. Bełtowska, R. CiachDouble porous silicon layer on multi-crystalline Si for photovoltaic application,

Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 72, (2002) 271-276. 

6.        V.Y Yerokhov, M. Lipiński, R. Ciach, H. Nagel, A. Mylyanych, P. Panek, Cost-effective methods of texturing for silicon solar cells, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 72, (2002) 291-298.

 7.        M. Lipiński,, P. Panek, S. Bastide, C. Lévy-Clément

Porous Silicon Antireflection Coating By Electrochemical and Chemical Methods For Silicon Solar Cells Manufacturing , Mat. of the 3d International Conf. Puerto de la Cruz, 10-15 March, 2002, Porous Semiconductors-Science and Technology, 97-98.

RECENT PUBLICATIONSRECENT PUBLICATIONS

1.        V. Yerokhov, M. Lipiński, A. Mylyanych, P. Panek, O.KovaliovCost – Effective Porous Silicon Technology For Solar Cells Industrial Application ,

Mat. of the 3d International Conf. Puerto de la Cruz, 10-15 March, 2002, Porous Semiconductors-Science and Technology, 327-328.  

2.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek, E. Bełtowska, V.Y YerokhovInvestigation of Macroporous Layer by Chemical Etching for Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing ,

Proc. of the 17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, 22-26 October 2002, 1786 –1788. 

3.        P. Panek, M. LipińskiInfrared Processing For Multicrystalline Solar Cells,

Proc.of the 17th European photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, 22-26 October 2002, 1935-1937. 

4.        V.Y Yerokhov, R. Hezel, M. Lipiński, H. Nagel, A. Mylyanych, P. Panek, Cost-Effective Porous Silicon Technology For Solar Cells Industrial Application,

17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, 22-26 October 2001, 335-338 

5.        M. Lipiński, Stan Fotowoltaiki w Świetle Prowadzonych Badań na Świecie,

VIII Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna, Ogólnopolskie Forum Odnawialnych Źródeł Energii, Warszawa 28-30.10.2002, 43-50. 

6.        M. Lipiński,, P. Panek, S. Bastide, C. Lévy-Clément, Porous Silicon Antireflection Coating by Electrochemical and Chemical Methods for Silicon Solar Cells Manufacturing ,

Physica Status Solidi (2002), in print.

1.        V. Yerokhov, M. Lipiński, A. Mylyanych, P. Panek, O.KovaliovCost – Effective Porous Silicon Technology For Solar Cells Industrial Application ,

Mat. of the 3d International Conf. Puerto de la Cruz, 10-15 March, 2002, Porous Semiconductors-Science and Technology, 327-328.  

2.        M. Lipiński, P. Panek, E. Bełtowska, V.Y YerokhovInvestigation of Macroporous Layer by Chemical Etching for Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing ,

Proc. of the 17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, 22-26 October 2002, 1786 –1788. 

3.        P. Panek, M. LipińskiInfrared Processing For Multicrystalline Solar Cells,

Proc.of the 17th European photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, 22-26 October 2002, 1935-1937. 

4.        V.Y Yerokhov, R. Hezel, M. Lipiński, H. Nagel, A. Mylyanych, P. Panek, Cost-Effective Porous Silicon Technology For Solar Cells Industrial Application,

17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, 22-26 October 2001, 335-338 

5.        M. Lipiński, Stan Fotowoltaiki w Świetle Prowadzonych Badań na Świecie,

VIII Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna, Ogólnopolskie Forum Odnawialnych Źródeł Energii, Warszawa 28-30.10.2002, 43-50. 

6.        M. Lipiński,, P. Panek, S. Bastide, C. Lévy-Clément, Porous Silicon Antireflection Coating by Electrochemical and Chemical Methods for Silicon Solar Cells Manufacturing ,

Physica Status Solidi (2002), in print.

RECENT PUBLICATIONSRECENT PUBLICATIONS