1. NA Photovoltaic Committee Liaison Report
NA PV Liaison Report - Baylies/BayTech
NA Photovoltaic Committee Liaison Report
Updated April 05, 2011
Berlin, March 9, 2010

2. NA PV Committee Liaison
Leadership
Win Baylies/BayTech
NA PV Committee Liaison

3. NA Photovoltaic Committee
C: Win Baylies – BayTech Group
Int’l PV Analytical Test Methods TF
Dick Hockett – Evans Analytical Group
PV Materials TF
Lori Nye – Brewer Science
David Williams – REC Group
PV Gas & Liquid Chem. Purity TF
Marty Burkhart – Hi Pure Tech
Suhas Ketkar – Air Products
Tom Hackett – KMG Chemicals
PV Electrical and Optical
Properties Measurement TF
Austin Blew – Lehighton Electronics
Chris Moore – Semilab
PV Carrier TF
Mark Frederick – Entegris
NA PV Committee Liaison

4. NA PV Committee Liaison
Meeting Information
Last meeting
NA Spring Standards Meeting
SEMI HQ, San Jose, CA
March 29-30, 2011,
for the latest update
Next meeting
Intersolar North America
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
July 12-13, 2011,
NA PV Committee Liaison

5. NA PV Committee Liaison
New SNARF/TFOF
SNARFs
Doc. 5156, Specifications For Hydrogen Peroxide, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5157, Specifications For Sulfuric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5158, Specification for AntiReflective-Coated Glass, Used in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Modules
Submitted by Suntech (China)
NA PV Committee Liaison

6. Ballot Results Summary
Doc. 4795, New Standard: Specifications for Nitric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications – Passed
Doc. 5073, Revision of SEMI PV9-1110, Test Method for Excess Charge Carrier Decay in PV Silicon Materials by Non-Contact Measurements of Microwave Reflectance After a Short Illumination Pulse – Passed
The following ballots failed and to be reballoted in cycle 3/4-2011
Doc. 5072, New Standard: Test Method for Measuring Oxygen, Carbon, Boron and Phosphorus in Solar Silicon Wafers and Feedstock by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Doc. 4797, New Standard: Guide For Silane (SiH4), Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5033, New Standard: Guide For Ammonia (NH3) In Cylinders, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 4793, New Standard: Specifications for Hydrochloric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 4826B, New Standard: Specification for Silicon Wafers for Use as Photovoltaic Solar Cells
NA PV Committee Liaison

7. Upcoming ballots for cycle 3 and 4, 2011
Doc. 5072A, New Standard: Test Method for Measuring Oxygen, Carbon, Boron and Phosphorus in Solar Silicon Wafers and Feedstock by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Doc. 4797A, New Standard: Guide For Silane (SiH4), Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5033A, New Standard: Guide For Ammonia (NH3) In Cylinders, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 4793A, New Standard: Specifications for Hydrochloric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 4826C, New Standard: Specification for Silicon Wafers for Use as Photovoltaic Solar Cells
Doc. 4726, New Standard: Test Method for Non-destructive measurement of the Sheet Conductance, Sheet Resistance, Mobility, Dopant Density of the substrates
NA PV Committee Liaison

8. Upcoming ballots for cycle 3 and 4, 2011 (2)
Doc. 4675A, New Standard: Test Method for the Measurement of Elemental Impurity Concentrations in Silicon Feedstock by Bulk Digestion, Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Doc. 5095, New Standard: Specifications for 2-Propanol, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5096, New Standard: Specifications for Hydrogen Selenide (H2Se), Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5098, New Standard: Specifications for Ammonium Hydroxide (NH4OH), Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5150, Revision of SEMI PV Test Method for Contactless Excess-Charge-Carrier Recombination Lifetime Measurement in Silicon Wafers, Ingots, and Bricks Using an Eddy-Current Sensor (Subj: “similar wafer” is not sufficiently precise”)
NA PV Committee Liaison

9. Int’l PV Analytical Test Methods TF [1]
Dick Hockett/Evans Analytical Group
Charter: Develop standards for analytical test methods for PV industry.
Published 4 Standards, 2 Auxiliary Information
PV Test Method for Measuring Trace Elements in Si. Feedstock for Si. Solar Cells by High-Mass Resolution Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry
PV Test Method for Excess Charge Carrier Decay in PV Silicon Materials by Non-Contact Measurements of Microwave Reflectance After a Short Illumination Pulse
PV Test Method for Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) of Silicon
PV Test Method for Contactless Excess-Charge-Carrier Recombination Lifetime Measurement in Silicon Wafers, Ingots, and Bricks Using an Eddy-Current Sensor
AUX , Auxiliary Information for Contactless Measurement of Carrier Recombination Lifetime in Silicon Wafers and Ingots
AUX , Auxiliary Information for Interlaboratory Study Results For Determining the Precision of SEMI PV1
NA PV Committee Liaison

10. Int’l PV Analytical Test Methods TF [2]
Drafting
Doc. 4675A, New Standard: Test Method for the Measurement of Elemental Impurity Concentrations in Silicon Feedstock by Bulk Digestion, Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Doc. 5072A, New Standard: Test Method For Measuring Oxygen, Carbon, Boron And Phosphorus In Solar Silicon Wafers And Feedstock By Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Doc. 5093, Auxiliary Information, Round Robin (Multi-Laboratory Test) for PV9-1110
Doc. 5078, Auxiliary Information, Conversion of units for impurity concentrations in Silicon – Approved at PVFMF
NA PV Committee Liaison

11. PV Chemicals and Gases Purity TF [1]
Marty Burkhart/Hi Pure Tech
Tom Hackett/KMG Chemicals
Suhas Ketkar/Air Products
Charter: Provide documents for gas and liquid chemicals that can be used to obtain consistent, specified process materials.
Published SEMI PV Guide For High Purity Water Used In Photovoltaic Cell Processing
NA PV Committee Liaison

12. PV Chemicals and Gases Purity TF[2]
Published SEMI Standards
PV Guide for Oxygen (O2), Bulk, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
PV Guide for Argon (Ar), Bulk, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
PV Guide for Hydrogen (H2), Bulk, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
PV Guide for Nitrogen (N2), Bulk, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
PV Specifications for Hydrofluoric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
PV Specifications for Phosphoric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
PV Guide For Phosphorus Oxychloride, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
NA PV Committee Liaison

13. PV Chemicals and Gases Purity TF[3]
Ballot approved at NA Spring 2011 meeting
Doc. 4795, Guide For Nitric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications – pending ISC A&R Review
Drafting
Doc. 4793A, Guide for Hydrochloric Acid Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 4797A, Guide For Silane (SiH4), Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5031, Specifications for Helium (He), IN CYLINDERS, xx.xxx% Quality , Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5033A, Guide For Ammonia (NH3) In Cylinders, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5095, Specifications for 2-Propanol, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5096, Specifications for Hydrogen Selenide (H2Se), Used In Photovoltaic
Doc. 5098, Specifications for Ammonium Hydroxide (NH4OH), Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5157, Specifications For Sulfuric Acid, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Doc. 5156, Specifications For Hydrogen Peroxide, Used In Photovoltaic Applications
Future drafts: Trichlorosilane and Fluorine
NA PV Committee Liaison

14. PV Electrical and Optical Properties Measurements TF
Austin Blew/Lehighton Electronics
Chris Moore/Semilab
Charter : Develop standards for measuring electrical and optical properties of PV materials that become an integral part of a PV “device” e.g. cells, modules, etc.
Published SEMI PV Guide for Defining Conditions for Angle Resolved Light Scatter Measurements to Monitor The Surface Roughness and Texture of PV Materials
Drafting
Doc. 4825, New standard: Test Methods for Hg Probe Measurements of Crystalline Silicon PV Materials and Devices
Doc. 4726, New Standard: Test Method for Non-destructive measurement of the Sheet Conductance, Sheet Resistance, Mobility, Dopant Density of the substrates
Doc. 5111,New Standard: Test Method for Haze on Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) Films for PV Application
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15. NA PV Committee Liaison
PV Materials TF [1]
Lori Nye/Brewer Science
David Williams/REC Group
Charter: Identify standardization needs and priorities for specifications, guidelines and procedures related to Materials that become an integral part of a PV “device” e.g. cells, modules, etc.
Doc. 4826B, Specification for Silicon Wafers for Use as Photovoltaic Solar Cells
Failed and to be reballoted for review in Intersolar NA, July 2011
NA PV Committee Liaison

16. NA PV Committee Liaison
PV Materials TF [2]
Drafting
Doc. 5032, New Standard: Guide for Specifying c-Si Terrestrial Solar Cells
Doc. 5094, New Standard: Test Method for Interstitial Oxygen Content of Silicon by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for PV Materials
Doc. 5156, New Standard: Specification for AntiReflective-Coated Glass, Used in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Modules - New
Due growing activities and alignment with Japan PV Materials Committee, TF plan to petition to become NA PV Materials Committee, NARSC’s endorsement needed.
ISC Approval will take place at Intersolar NA in July
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17. NA PV Committee Liaison
PV Carrier TF
Mark Frederick/Entegris
Charter: Develop carriers for use with PV wafers, substrates, cells, and modules, and that are used in transfer, shipping, equipment automation, and buffer storage.
Current activity led by Europe
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18. NA PV Committee Liaison
Questions?
Contact Kevin Nguyen at
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