20% Efficient screen printed boron BSF cells using spin-on dielectric passivation

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000477-000481

  Das, A ^a   Meemongkolkiat, V ^a   Kim, D S ^a,c   Ramanathan, S ^a   Rohatgi, A ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Suniva Inc   (United States)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK SURFACE FIELDS; DIELECTRIC PASSIVATION; DOPED LAYERS; GETTERING; HEAVILY DOPED; HIGH-TEMPERATURE DIFFUSION; REAR SURFACES; SCREEN-PRINTED; SPIN-ON DIELECTRICS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; WAFER CONTAMINATION;

BORON; SOLAR CELLS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 77951527518     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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