Thyristor photovoltaic devices formed by epitaxial growth

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2005-2012

  Wenham, Stuart R ^a   Koschier, Linda M ^a   Nast, Oliver ^a   Honsberg, Christiana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; PASSIVATION; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; THYRISTORS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFER; SURFACE PASSIVATION; THERMAL OXIDATION; THYRISTOR STRUCTURE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0033354955     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.791989     Document Type: Article

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