Laser technology for cost reduction in silicon solar cell production

ICALEO 2006 - 25th International Congress on Applications of Laser and Electro-Optics, Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Schoonderbeek, Aart ^a   Stute, Uwe ^a   Ostendorf, Andreas ^a   Grischke, Rainer ^b   Engelhart, Peter ^b   Meyer, Rüdiger ^b   Brendel, Rolf ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; EXCIMER LASERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSED LASERS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CHEMICAL-ETCHING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; LASER TECHNOLOGIES; ND : YAG LASERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; PROCESSING QUALITY; PULSED LASER SOURCES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 56749164784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5060907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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