Solar-grade silicon: The next decade

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn A, Issue , 2003, Pages 939-942

  Mauk, Michael G ^a   Rand, James A ^a   Jonczyk, Ralf ^a   Hall, Robert B ^a   Barnett, Allen M ^a  

^a GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-PURITY SILICON; SILICON IMPURITIES; SOLAR-GRADE SILICON; VACUUM DEGASSING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; FEEDSTOCKS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILANES; SILICON;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 6344233527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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