Thin-film (25.5 μm) solar cells from layer transfer using porous silicon with 32.7 mA/cm2 short-circuit current density

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-112

  Feldrapp, Karlheinz ^a   Horbelt, Renate ^a   Auer, Richard ^a   Brendel, Rolf ^a  

^a BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detached back reflector; Layer transfer; Monocrystalline silicon; Porous silicon; Short circuit current; Solar cell; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT REFLECTION; OXIDATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POROUS SILICON; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; THIN FILMS;

LAYER TRANSFER;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037341273     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.465     Document Type: Article

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