Hot embossing of polymer substrates for thin silicon cell applications

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1556-1559

  Escarre J ^a   Bertomeu, J ^a   Asensi, J M ^a   Andreu, J ^a   Terrazzoni Daudrix, V ^b   Haug, F J ^b   Niquille, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

BACK REFLECTORS; LIGHT CONFINEMENT; MONOLITHIC INTERCONNECTIONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 41749103546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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