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In this letter, we report on our investigations of hydrogenated amorphous silicon suboxides (a-SiOx:H) used as a high quality passivation scheme for heterojunction solar cells. The a-SiOx:H films were deposited using high frequency (70MHz) plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition by decomposition of carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and silane at a substrate temperature of around 155°C. High effective lifetimes of outstanding 4ms on 1Ωcm n-type float-zone material and a surface recombination velocity of ⩽2.6cm∕s have been repeatedly obtained. Optical analysis revealed a distinct decrease of blue light absorption in the a-SiOx:H films compared to commonly used intrinsic amorphous silicon passivation used in heterojunction cells.
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