INSTITUTE OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCES

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INSTITUTE 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 [phone]
92 www htp//www.imim-pan.krakow.pl
LABORATORY OF MULTILAYER MATERIALS Photovoltaic
Group 43-340 Kozy, Krakowska 22 St. tel/fax.
(48 33) 8174 249 e-mail nmlipins_at_imim-pan.krakow
.pl





pan-kozy_at_wp.pl
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LABORATORY OF MULTILAYER MATERIALS
Head of the laboratory Prof. Andrzej Pawlowski
Ph. D. D. Sc. Eng e-mail nmpawlow_at_imim-pan.krak
ow.pl Scientific manager of the photovoltaic
group Pawel Zieba Ph. D. D. Sc. Eng. e-mail
nmzieba_at_imim-pan.krakow.pl Scientific
staff Marek Lipinski Ph.D, E-mail
pan-kozy_at_wp.pl Piotr Panek M.Sc. Zbigniew Swiatek
Ph.D., Elzbieta Jankowska
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RESEARCH 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 

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RESEARCH 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

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PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY in Kozy

• Twenty five years experience in RD of silicon
  solar cells
• First Si solar cell in Poland (1977)

• Texturization
• Diffususion
• Passivation
• Antireflection Layers
• Porous Silicon
• SiNx, TiOx
• Metallization by Screen Printing

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Texturization of mono- and multi-Si wafers
SEM micrograph of mono-Si wafer textured with a
KOH solution.
SEM micrograph of an acid textured multi-Si wafer.
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CURRENT 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)

Electrical parameters of solar cells 100 cm2
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CURRENT 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.

Electrical parameters of mc- Si solar cell with
PSi ARC
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PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZY
Infrared Furnace Systems LA-310 RTC for
diffusion
Infrared Furnace Systems LA-310 RTC for
metallization
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PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZY
POCl3 diffusion and thermal passivation Furnace
System
Semiautomatic screen-printer de Haart
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PHOTOVOLTAIC LABORATORY IN KOZY
I-V solar cells characteristics system
Four-point resistivity probe
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PHOTOVOLTAIC 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
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1.        M. Lipinski, P. Panek, E. Bielanska, E.
Weglowska, 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. Lipinski, H.
Czternastek, Porous Silicon Layer as
Antireflection Coating in Solar Cells,
Opto-Electr.Rev.8, (2000) 57-59.   3.        M.
Lipinski, 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. Ciach The 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. Lipinski, P.
Panek, Z. Swiatek, E. Beltowska, R. Ciach Double
porous silicon layer on multi-crystalline Si for
photovoltaic application, Solar Energy Materials
Solar Cells 72, (2002) 271-276.   6.       
V.Y Yerokhov, M. Lipinski, 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. Lipinski,, 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.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1.        V. Yerokhov, M. Lipinski, A. Mylyanych,
P. Panek, O.Kovaliov Cost 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. Lipinski, P. Panek, E. Beltowska,
V.Y Yerokhov Investigation 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. Lipinski Infrared
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. Lipinski, 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. Lipinski, Stan
Fotowoltaiki w Swietle Prowadzonych Badan na
Swiecie, VIII Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna,
Ogólnopolskie Forum Odnawialnych Zródel Energii,
Warszawa 28-30.10.2002, 43-50.   6.        M.
Lipinski,, 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.