Impact of metal silicide precipitate dissolution during rapid thermal processing of multicrystalline silicon solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Buonassisi, T ^a   Istratov, A A ^a   Peters, S ^b,d   Ballif, C ^b,e   Isenberg, J ^b,f   Riepe, S ^b   Warta, W ^b   Schindler, R ^b   Willeke, G ^b   Cai, Z ^c   Lai, B ^c   Weber, E R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Deutsche Cell GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f Q Cells AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; SYNCHROTRON-BASED ANALYTICAL X-RAY MICROPROBE TECHNIQUES;

CORRELATION METHODS; DEFECTS; DISSOLUTION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 28444440607     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2048819     Document Type: Article

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