Dislocation generation in Si: A thermo-mechanical model based on measurable parameters

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 936-939

  Sopori, Bhushan ^a   Rupnowski, Przemyslaw ^a   Balzar, Davor ^b   Sheldon, Pete ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); FABRICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR CELLS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

CELL FABRICATION; DISLOCATION DISTRIBUTION; DISLOCATION GENERATION; THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELS;

SILICON;

EID: 41749104856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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