The choice of silicon wafer for the production of low-cost rear-contact solar cells

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn A, Issue , 2003, Pages 971-974

  McIntosh, Keith R ^a   Cudzinovic, Michael J ^a   Smith, David D ^a   Mulligan, William P ^a   Swanson, Richard M ^a  

^a SunPower Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW-COST WAFERS; REAR-CONTACT SOLAR CELLS; SILICON INGOT; SOLAR CARS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; THICKNESS CONTROL;

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EID: 6344278371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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