RASIRC and Fraunhofer Will Present Paper at IEEE Photovoltaic Forum

The research paper titled “Purified Steam for Thermal Oxidation Processes” will provide an assessment between purified steam and pyrolytic vapor meant for falsehood of silicon solar cells. This paper will be presented during the “Posters, Crystalline Silicon: Device Fabrication and Manufacturing” conference session held on June 24.

The paper draws a similarity between the two steam production techniques, analyzes the physical uniqueness of steam-grown, purified thermal oxides, as well as implements a direct oxidation process that is based on steam into an industrial production chain meant for rear-surface passivity solar cells. It is found that by utilizing industrial equipment for thermal oxidation and wet chemical cleaning, high efficient carrier lifetimes can be achieved.

Jeffrey Spiegelman, president and founder of RASIRC, said that the company’s research activity with Fraunhofer on the subject of the treatment of purified steam in the fabrication process of solar cells has produced copious positive as well as cost-effective results. He also added that this result signifies that purified steam facilitates the growth of thermal oxides meant for the industrial production of silicon solar cells that are thermal oxide-passivity.