Investigations on the long time behavior of the metastable boron-oxygen complex in crystalline silicon

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-140

  Herguth, A ^a   Schubert, G ^b   Kaes, M ^a   Hahn, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Sunways AG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boron oxygen; Czochralski; Defect; Degradation; Lifetime; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; DEGRADATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BORON OXYGEN; CZOCHRALSKI; LIFETIME; LONG TIME BEHAVIOR;

METAL COMPLEXES;

EID: 41049105821     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.779     Document Type: Article

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