22.7% efficient silicon photovoltaic modules with textured front surface

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1495-1497

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRICKWORK SHINGLED ENCAPSULATION METHOD;

CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0032647713     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.772498     Document Type: Article

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7. Modules fabricated and textured by Gochermann Solar Technology, Germany.
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