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 Effect of Crystal Imperfections



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5.6.2 Effect of Crystal Imperfections
Silicon has a diamond lattice atomic structure being cubic with atoms joined to four
nearest neighbours by covalent bonds at tetrahedral angles. If the atoms are represented


REQUIREMENTS OF SILICON FOR CRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS
183
Table 5.8
Values of
δ/D
l
and
D
l
for some elements [27]
Impurity element
Rotation rate
[rpm]
δ
D
l
[s/cm]
Diffusion coefficient,
D
l
[cm
2
/s]
B
10
170
±
19
(
2
.
4
±
0
.
7
)
×
10

4
60
84
±
37
(
2
.
4
±
0
.
7
)
×
10

4
Al
10
86
±
34
(
7
.
0
±
3
.
1
)
×
10

4
60
40
±
17
(
7
.
0
±
3
.
1
)
×
10

4
P
5
127
±
36
(
5
.
1
±
1
.
7
)
×
10

4
55
60
±
19
(
5
.
1
±
1
.
7
)
×
10

4
As
5
190
±
53
(
3
.
3
±
0
.
9
)
×
10

4
55
79
±
16
(
3
.
3
±
0
.
9
)
×
10

4
as hard spheres, the diamond structure fills 0.34 of the available space, compared to 0.74
for a close-packed structure such as aluminium. The formation of defects in the silicon
lattice creates local electronic disturbances because of the nature of the atomic bonding.
The following description follows standard textbook presentations in physical met-
allurgy and concentrates on some lattice defects appearing in silicon, which are important
when discussing the effect of impurities on the electronic properties.
It is common practice to divide the lattice defects into the following categories:
Plane defects
Stacking faults
Twin boundaries
Grain boundaries
Line defects
Dislocations
Point defects
Vacancies
Self-interstitials
Substitutional impurities
Interstitial impurities
Volume defects
Precipitates
Single-crystal material consists of one grain of a continuous crystal structure. Multicrys-
talline (mc-)/polycrystalline (pc-) material consists of many separate grains with inclined
crystal planes that meet at
grain boundaries
. Depending upon the misorientation between
adjoining grains, the interfaces are termed
subgrain
boundaries (0–5

) and
grain
bound-
aries.
Twin
boundaries arise where one crystal grain is a mirror image of its neighbour.
Grain boundaries may have a more open and less well organised atomic structure. Atomic
diffusion is therefore easier along grain boundaries than in the bulk crystal. Because of
the lack of crystal order, some of the covalent bonds are broken and the grain boundaries
may therefore carry electric charge. The electrical properties of the grain boundaries vary
with the amount of atomic disregister.


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SOLAR GRADE SILICON FEEDSTOCK
The concept of a linear lattice imperfection called a

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