Fabrication of silicon solar cells with rear pinhole contacts

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1234-1242

  Ho, Anita W Y ^a   Wenham, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminium spiking; Localised rear contacts; Low cost; Ohmic contacts

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; HEAT TREATMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPTIMIZATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALUMINIUM SPIKING; HIGHER FILL FACTORS; LOCALISED REAR CONTACTS; REAR PINHOLE CONTACTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 34249822201     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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