Characterization of novel mono- and bifacially active semi-transparent crystalline silicon solar cells

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2013-2017

  Kühn, Ralph ^a   Boueke, Arnd ^a   Kress, André ^a   Path, Peter ^a   Willeke, Gerhard P ^a   Bucher, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SCREEN PRINTING; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSPARENCY;

BIFACIAL CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; LASER BEAM INDUCED CURRENT; MECHANICAL TEXTURIZATION; MONOFACIAL CELLS; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON SUBSTRATES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; POLYCRYSTALLINE WAFER ENGINEERING RESULT;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0033323151     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.791990     Document Type: Article

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