17.6% Efficient tricrystalline silicon solar cells with spatially uniform texture

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Schmiga, Christian ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a   Metz, Axel ^a   Endrös, Arthur ^b   Hezel, Rudolf ^a  

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

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid texturing; Grain boundaries; Light trapping; Reflection; Silicon solar cells; Solar cell efficiencies; Tricrystalline silicon; Uniform surface texture

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ETCHING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIGHT REFLECTION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; TEXTURES;

TRICRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037238045     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.479     Document Type: Article

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