Passivating thin bifacial silicon solar cells for industrial production

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-475

  Janssen L ^a   Rinio, M ^b   Borchert, D ^b   Windgassen, H ^a   Batzner D L ^a   Kurz, H ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

PECVD; Silicon nitride; Surface passivation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PASSIVATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SILICON NITRIDE; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ALUMINIUM COVERAGE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 34548394055     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.750     Document Type: Article

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