Investigations on low-cost back-contact silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 555-560

  Kress, A ^a   Breitenstein, O ^b   Glunz, S ^c   Fath, P ^a   Willeke, G ^c   Bucher, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; METALLIZING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMA ETCHING; SCREEN PRINTING; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON WAFERS;

BACK CONTACT SILICON SOLAR CELLS; EMITTER WRAP THROUGH DESIGN; INTERDIGITATED GRID; SHUNT LOCALIZATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0035203674     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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