Thin film polycrystalline silicon solar cell on ceramics with a seeding layer formed via aluminium-induced crystallisation of amorphous silicon

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Ornaghi, C ^a   Stoger M ^b   Beaucarne, G ^a   Poortmans, J ^a   Schattschneider, P ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYSILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

SEEDING LAYERS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0142198867     PISSN: 13502409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:20030630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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