Greater than 16% efficient screen printed solar cells on 115-170 μm thick cast multicrystalline silicon

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1052-1055

  Upadhyaya, Ajay ^a   Sheoran, Manav ^a,b   Ristow, Alan ^a   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a   Narayanan, S ^c   Roncin, Steve ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SCREEN PRINTING; SILICON WAFERS;

CELL EFFICIENCY; MODULE MANUFACTURING; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; THICK WAFERS;

POLYSILICON;

COST CONTROL; EFFICIENCY; SILICON; SILK SCREEN PRINTING;

EID: 41749095633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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