Optimized emitter wrap-through cells for monolithic module assembly

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002102-002106

  Hacke, Peter ^a,b   Gee, James ^a   Kumar, Prabhat ^a   Howarth, James ^a   Gonzales, Victoria ^a   Pratt, Larry ^a   Strümpel, Claudia ^a   Dominguez, Jason ^a   Franklin, Jeff ^a   Lopez, Gabe ^a   Corwine, Caroline ^a   Dawson, Lon ^a  

^a Advent Solar Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPLANES; CELL DESIGN; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; EFFICIENCY GAIN; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; GRID FINGERS; INTERCONNECT DESIGN; METALLIZATIONS; MULTICRYSTALLINE SI; MULTIPLE CONTACTS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RECOMBINATION LOSS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SHUNT RESISTANCES; THROUGH HOLE;

CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; METAL RECOVERY; OPTIMIZATION; PASSIVATION; POLYSILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SILVER;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 77951519835     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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