Comparison of boron- and gallium-doped p-type Czochralski silicon for photovoltaic application

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 463-469

  Glunz, S W ^a   Rein, S ^a   Knobloch, J ^a   Wettling, W ^a   Abe, T ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; SEMICONDUCTING BORON; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON WAFERS;

MAGNETIC CZOCHRALSKI (MC) METHOD;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0033365078     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199911/12)7:6<463::AID-PIP293>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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