Transition metal co-precipitation mechanisms in silicon

Acta Materialia

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6119-6126

  Buonassisi, T ^a   Heuer, M ^a   Istratov, A A ^a   Pickett, M D ^a   Marcus, M A ^b   Lai, B ^c   Cai, Z ^c   Heald, S M ^c   Weber, E R ^a  

^a Berkeley and Materials Science Division ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defect engineering; Intermetallics; Multicrystalline silicon; Photovoltaics; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COPRECIPITATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICIDES; SYNCHROTRONS;

DEFECT ENGINEERING; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHASE INVESTIGATIONS; X-RAY MICROPROBES;

SILICON;

EID: 35148866702     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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