Overview of phosphorus diffusion and gettering in multicrystalline silicon

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 159-160, Issue C, 2009, Pages 228-234

  Bentzen, A ^a   Holt, A ^b  

^a REC Wafer AS   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Phosphorus; Silicon; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; POLYSILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; EMITTER DIFFUSION; GETTERING; LIFETIME ENHANCEMENT; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; MULTICRYSTALLINE; PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION; PHOSPHORUS GETTERING; RECOMBINATION LIFETIME; SOLAR CELLS PROCESSING;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 67349241915     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2008.10.060     Document Type: Article

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