Microstructures of Si multicrystals and their impact on minority carrier diffusion length

Acta Materialia

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3268-3276

  Wang, H Y ^a   Usami, N ^a   Fujiwara, K ^a   Kutsukake, K ^a   Nakajima, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain boundary; Microstructure; Si multicrystals; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

HIGH ANGLE GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH DENSITY; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; MULTICRYSTALS; SI MULTICRYSTALS; SUBGRAIN BOUNDARIES; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TWIN STRUCTURE;

DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 65649129710     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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