Recent improvements in the screenprinting technology and comparison with the buried contact technology by 2D-simulation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 41-42, Issue , 1996, Pages 101-117

  Nijs, J ^a   Demesmaeker, E ^a   Szlufcik, J ^a   Poortmans, J ^a   Frisson, L ^a   De Clercq, K ^a   Ghannam, M ^b   Mertens, R ^a   Van Overstraeten, R ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; PASSIVATION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SIMULATION; SURFACES;

BURIED CONTACT TECHNOLOGY; SELECTIVE EMITTER;

SCREEN PRINTING;

EID: 0030173426     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-0248(95)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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