Zone melting recrystallization of silicon films for crystalline silicon thin-film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 409-416

  Reber, S ^a   Zimmermann, W ^a   Kieliba, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MELTING; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM DEVICES;

DRY SOLAR CELL PROCESS; PURITY; ZONE MELTING CRYSTALLIZATION; ZONE MELTING HEATER;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0035198874     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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