Nucleation and growth of crystalline silicon films on glass for solar cells

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 587-602

  Bergmann, R B ^a   Kohler J ^a   Dassow, R ^a   Zaczek, C ^a   Werner, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM GROWTH; GLASS; GRAIN GROWTH; LASER APPLICATIONS; NUCLEATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLIDIFICATION;

COPPER VAPOR LASERS; LASER CRYSTALLIZATION; SOLID PHASE CRYSTALLIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0032048204     PISSN: 00318965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-396X(199804)166:2<587::AID-PSSA587>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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