Effect of grain size and dislocation density on the performance of thin film polycrystalline silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 7635-7640

  Imaizumi, Mitsuru ^a   Ito, Tadashi ^a,c   Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^a   Kaneko, Kyojiro ^b  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SUMCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Rd Management Section   (Japan)

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EID: 0000463718     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.365341     Document Type: Article

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