Product concept to manufacturing - Silicon-film™: A new crystalline silicon solar cell

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-323

  Barnett, Allen M ^a  

^a GE ENERGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; THIN FILM DEVICES;

SILICON FILM TECHNOLOGY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031222471     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199709/10)5:5<317::AID-PIP189>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Conference Paper

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