Analysis of silver thick-film contact formation on industrial silicon solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1289-1292

  Grupp, Günther ^a   Biro, Daniel ^a   Emanuel, Gernot ^a   Preu, Ralf ^a   Schitthelm, Frank ^b   Willeke, Gerhard ^a  

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

^b Deutsche Cell GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR CELLS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

CONTACT RESISTANCE; THICK-FILM CONTACT;

SILVER;

EID: 27944473315     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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