Strength of silicon wafers: Fracture mechanics approach

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Rupnowski, Przemyslaw ^a   Sopori, Bhushan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Silicon; Solar cells; Surface damage; Wafers

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NONMETALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITTLE MATERIALS; DOMINANT MECHANISMS; FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACHES; MECHANICAL STRENGTHS; MULTI MODALS; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE DAMAGE; SURFACE MICROCRACKS; WAFERS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 63349102756     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-009-9324-9     Document Type: Article

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