Electrical properties of multicrystalline silicon produced by electromagnetic casting process: degradation and improvement

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 517-523

  Boudaden, J ^a   Loghmarti, M ^d   Ballutaud, D ^b   Riviere A ^b   Ludemann R ^c   Slaoui, A ^a   Muller, J C ^a  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CONTINUOUS CASTING; CRUCIBLES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON BEAMS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COLD CRUCIBLE PULLING PROCESS; ELECTRON BEAM INDUCED CURRENT; MINORITY CARRIERS; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY DECAY METHOD; THERMAL PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION;

SILICON;

EID: 0035194513     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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