Rear surface passivation for industrial solar cells on thin substrates

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1004-1007

  Agostinelli, G ^a   Choulat, P ^a   Dekkers, H F W ^a   Vermarien E ^a   Beaucarne, G ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; SILICON NITRIDE; SUBSTRATES;

HYDROGENATED SILICON NITRIDE; INDUSTRIAL SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; THIN SUBSTRATES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 41749096347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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