Influence of substitutional metallic impurities on the performances of p -type crystalline silicon solar cells: The case of gold

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Dubois, S ^a,b   Palais, O ^b   Pasquinelli, M ^b   Martinuzzi, S ^b   Jaussaud, C ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GOLD; IMPURITIES; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CARRIER DIFFUSION; GOLD BULK CONTAMINATION; METALLIC IMPURITIES; P -TYPE CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33846118793     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2400801     Document Type: Article

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