Thin multicrystalline silicon solar cells with silicon nitride front and rear surface passivation

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 166-169

  Mittelstadt L ^a   Metz, A ^a   Hezel, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PASSIVATION; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON WAFERS;

DIFFUSION LENGTH; OPTICAL LOSSES; REAR SURFACE PASSIVATION; REAR SURFACE RECOMBINATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0036956951     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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