Use of silicon nitride in buried contact solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 17-25

  Vogl, Bernhard ^a   Slade, Alexander M ^a   Pritchard, Stephen C ^a   Gross, Mark ^a   Honsberg, Christiana B ^a   Cotter, Jeffrey E ^a   Wenham, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; PASSIVATION; SILICON NITRIDE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BURIED CONTACT; DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; MASKING DIELECTRIC;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0035254339     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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