Screen-Printed Epitaxial Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells with 13.8% Efficiency

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 527-534

  Rentsch, J ^a   Bau, S ^a   Huljic D M ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical vapour deposition; Expitaxy; Low cost; Manufacturing and processing; Screen printing; Thin film crystalline silicon

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTONS; SCREEN PRINTING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON; EPITAXIAL LAYERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 0347365803     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.513     Document Type: Article

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