High-efficiency multicrystalline silicon solar cells using standard high-temperature, float-zoned cell processing

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Aihua ^a   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLOAT ZONED CELLS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATED EMITTER REAR LOCALLY DIFFUSED (PERL);

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON WAFERS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031146409     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199705/06)5:3<169::AID-PIP170>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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