Surface passivation schemes for high-efficiency n-type Si solar cells

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 145-147

  Benick, Jan ^a   Schultz Wittmann, Oliver ^a,b   Schön, Jonas ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a  

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

^b Solexel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMITTER SATURATION CURRENT DENSITY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; N TYPE SILICON; P-TYPE; P-TYPE SILICON; PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION; SI SOLAR CELLS; STANDARD TECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES;

BORON; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 66149140736     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.200802124     Document Type: Article

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