Rear surface passivation of high-efficiency silicon solar cells by a floating junction

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3574-3586

  Altermatt, Pietro P ^a,c   Heiser, Gemot ^a   Dai, Ximing ^a   Jürgens, Jörn ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^b   Robinson, Steven J ^a   Young, Trevor ^a   Wenham, Stuart R ^a   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 0009026420     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.363231     Document Type: Article

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