Strategies for improving the efficiency of CZ-silicon solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 201-204

  Glunz, S W ^a   Lee, J Y ^a   Rein, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM; OXYGEN; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

CONVENTIONAL TUBES; CZOCHRALSKI SILICON; DOPING CONCENTRATION; INTERSTITIAL OXYGEN; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; STABLE EFFICIENCIES; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33644909231     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.915789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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