Novel laser technologies for crystalline silicon solar cell production

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7202, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grohe, Andreas ^a   Knorz, Annerose ^a   Nekarda, Jan ^a   Jäger, Ulrich ^a   Mingirulli, Nicola ^a   Preu, Ralf ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

EWT; Laser ablation; Laser doping; Laser edge isolation; LFC; MWT; Photovoltaic; Silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

EWT; LASER DOPING; LFC; MWT; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; CELL MEMBRANES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRESS LOAD CONTROL; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SMELTING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WELL DRILLING;

LASERS;

EID: 65749091268     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.810128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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