A new strategy for the fabrication of cost-effective silicon solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 83-88

  Hezel, R ^a   Metz, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angle evaporation; C Si; Silicon nitride; Solar cell; Surface grooving; Surface passivation

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EVAPORATION; FABRICATION; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

GROOVING;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032058362     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(98)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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