The effect of the variation in resistivity and lifetime on the solar cells performance along the commercially grown Ga- and B-doped czochralski ingots

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1115-1118

  Meemongkolkiat, Vichai ^a   Nakayashiki, Kenta ^a   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a   Crabtree, Geoffrey ^b   Nickerson, Jeff ^b   Jester, Theresa L ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Shell Solar Industries LP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION (LID); THINNER SUBSTRATES;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; BORON; GALLIUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 27944464137     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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