Resistivity Dependence of Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency and Its Enhancement Using a Heavily Doped Back Contact Region

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1976, Pages 11-16

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0016891403     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1976.18339     Document Type: Article

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