Floating cast method to realize high-quality Si bulk multicrystals for solar cells

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-231

  Nose, Yoshitaro ^a   Takahashi, Isao ^a   Pan, Wugen ^a   Usami, Noritaka ^a   Fujiwara, Kozo ^a   Nakajima, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A1. Solidification; A2. Growth from melt; B2. Semiconducting silicon; B3. Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRUCIBLES; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLIDIFICATION;

A1. SOLIDIFICATION; A2. GROWTH FROM MELT; B2. SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; B3. SOLAR CELLS; CASTING METHODS; CRYSTAL GRAINS; GROWTH METHOD; MATERIAL YIELD; NUCLEATION SITES; RESIDUAL STRAINS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 58549113344     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2008.10.098     Document Type: Article

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