EDM texturing of multicrystalline silicon wafer and EFG ribbon for solar cell application

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1657-1664

  Qian, J ^a   Steegen, S ^a   Vander Poorten, E ^a   Reynaerts, D ^a   Van Brussel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EDM; EFG ribbon; Electrical discharge machining; Multicrystalline silicon; Solar cell; Texturing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON WAFERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EDGE-DEFINED FILM-FED GROWTH (EFG);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0036888318     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(02)00116-5     Document Type: Article

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