Laser isolation of shunted regions in industrial solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 613-620

  Abbott, M D ^a   Trupke, T ^a   Hartmann, H P ^b   Gupta, R ^c   Breitenstein, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Deutsche Cell GmbH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser processing; Lock in thermography; Photoluminescence; Shunt

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

LASER PROCESSING; LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY; SHUNT ISOLATION; YIELD LOSSES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 35448951758     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.766     Document Type: Article

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