The ALU+ concept: N-type silicon solar cells with surface-passivated screen-printed aluminum-alloyed rear emitter

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000030-000035

  Bock, Robert ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a   Mau, Susanne ^a   Hoex, Bram ^b   Kessels, Erwin ^b   Brendel, Rolf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITED; CONVEYOR BELTS; DOUBLE LAYERS; EMITTER SATURATION CURRENT DENSITY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; N TYPE SILICON; P-TYPE; SCREEN-PRINTED; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; BELT CONVEYORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PASSIVATION; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR CELLS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 77951528055     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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