The paradox of compensated silicon

Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Proceedings, COMMAD

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 238-241

  Cuevas, Andres ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensated silicon; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

BULK RECOMBINATIONS; COMPENSATED SILICON; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; LOSS MECHANISMS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SI WAFERS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; CARRIER MOBILITY; NONMETALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 64849099413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMMAD.2008.4802135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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