Nanometer-scale metal precipitates in multicrystalline silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 4282-4288

  McHugo, Scott A ^a,b   Thompson, A C ^b   Mohammed, A ^b   Lamble, G ^b   Perichaud I ^c   Martinuzzi, S ^c   Werner, M ^d   Rinio, M ^e   Koch, W ^f   Hoefs, H U ^f   Haessler, C ^f  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^f BAYER AG   (Germany)

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EID: 0035871009     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1330552     Document Type: Article

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