High-efficiency solar cells on phosphorus gettered multicrystalline silicon substrates

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 711-719

  Schultz, O ^a   Glunz, S W ^a   Riepe, S ^a   Willeke, G P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon solar cells; Gettering; High efficiency; Multicrystalline silicon; Silicon oxide

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); PHOSPHORUS; POLYSILICON; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SILICON WAFERS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; GETTERING; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; SILICON OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33845592024     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.736     Document Type: Article

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