Shunt types in crystalline silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 529-538

  Breitenstein, O ^a   Rakotoniaina, J P ^a   Al Rifai, M H ^a   Werner, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lock in; Monocrystalline; Multicrystalline; Shunts; Silicon; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; OHMIC CONTACTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LOCK-IN; MONOCRYSTALLINE; MULTICRYSTALLINE; SHUNTS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 6044261321     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.544     Document Type: Article

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