Maskless plasma texturing of silicon nitride (Black SiN)
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Eine große Photovoltaikanlage spiegelt den Himmel.
Maskless plasma texturing of silicon nitride
What is Black SiN and how does it make solar cells even more effective? In the current Black SiN research project, Prof. Bernhard and his team of scientists are researching how to reduce the reflectance - and thus improve the light absorption - of industrial silicon solar cells. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP in Halle (Saale), the project is researching the maskless plasma texturing of silicon nitride layers without damaging the underlying silicon wafer. The increased light absorption results in an improvement in solar cell efficiency. The patent-pending process is ultimately to be transferred to industrial production.
The ERDF project funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt was initially approved for the period from 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2020 and was extended in March 2020 until 31.05.2020 with no workload or costs.
