Performance degradation in CZ(B) cells and improved stability high efficiency PERT and PERL silicon cells on a variety of SEH MCZ(B), FZ(B) and CZ(Ga) substrates

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 549-558

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES;

BORON DOPED CZOCHRALSKI; BORON DOPED FLOAT ZONE; GALLIUM DOPED CZOCHRALSKI; PASSIVATED EMITTER;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0034267803     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-159X(200009/10)8:5<549::AID-PIP346>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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