Massive improvement through rapid thermal annealing and hydrogen passivation of poly-si thin-film solar cells on glass based on aluminum induced crystallization

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1560-1563

  Terry, Mason L ^a   Inns, Daniel ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN; PASSIVATION; POLYSILICON; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; THIN FILMS;

HYDROGEN PASSIVATION; PLASMA PASSIVATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 41749103089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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