Potential cost reduction of buried-contact solar cells through the use of titanium dioxide thin films

Solar Energy

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 269-276

  Richards, B S ^a   Rowlands, S F ^b   Ueranatasun, A ^a   Cotter, J E ^a   Honsberg, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; SILICON WAFERS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BURIED-CONTACT TECHNOLOGY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0345767366     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(03)00246-9     Document Type: Article

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