19.2% efficiency N-type laser-grooved silicon solar cellls

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 983-986

  Guo, Jiun Hua ^a   Tjahjono, Budi S ^a   Cotter, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LASER BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON WAFERS;

BORON-OXYGEN COMPLEX; LASER-GROOVED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; SHUNT RESISTANCE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 27944481370     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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