Improvement of charge minority-carrier lifetime in p(boron)-type Czochralski silicon by rapid thermal annealing

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 417-424

  Lee, Ji Youn ^a   Peters, Stefan ^a   Rein, Stefan ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; DEGRADATION; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

LIGHT INDUCED DEGRADATION; METASTABLE DEFECT;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0035507264     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.394     Document Type: Article

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