High efficiency pert cells on n-type silicon substrates

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 218-221

  Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Aihua ^a   Altermatt, Pietro P ^a   Green, Martin A ^a   Rakotoniaina, Jean P ^b   Breitenstein, Otwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PASSIVATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOLAR CELLS;

MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME; NON-UNIFORM EMITTER SATURATION CURRENT; PASSIVATED EMITTER REAR TOTALLY DIFFUSED CELLS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 0036948443     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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