Author(s)

Yang Li, Yangming Zhang

Corresponding Author

Yang Li

ABSTRACT

This paper reviews the development of the passivated emitter, rear locally diffused (PERL) silicon solar cell. The main focus of this text is on the fabrication technologies available to process such cell structure. When PERL solar cell was first introduced, it achieved an efficiency record of 24% in a laboratory setting. However, it had very limited commercial usage due to its complex fabrication process. Nowadays, companies such as Suntech Power has commercialised products based on PERL cells. Thus, reviewing all the fabrication technics that can be implemented to manufacture PERL solar cells might enable us to transform certain advanced laboratory fabrication technics to be suitable for commercial usage.

KEYWORDS

Development of silicon solar cells, Manufacturing technology of battery structure, Commercialization of battery products