Development of screen-printed silicon solar cells with high fill factors on 100 Ω/sq emitters

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 948-955

  Hilali, Mohamed M ^a   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a   Asher, Sally ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High sheet resistance emitters; Photovoltaic cells; Screen printed contacts; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); OHMIC CONTACTS; PASSIVATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCREEN PRINTING; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILVER ALLOYS;

FILL FACTORS; HIGH SHEET RESISTANCE EMITTERS; SILVER PASTES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 2942694139     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2004.828280     Document Type: Article

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