Screen-printed aluminum-alloyed P+ emitter on high-efficiency N-type interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-578

  Gong, Chun ^a,b   Van Kerschaver, Emmanuel ^a,c   Robbelein, Jo ^a,b   Janssens, Tom ^a   Posthuma, Niels ^a   Poortmans, Jef ^a,b   Mertens, Robert ^a,b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c Solexel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Front surface field (FSF); Interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells; N type solar cells; Screen printed Al alloyed emitter

Indexed keywords

CELL DESIGN; CZOCHRALSKI; FRONT SURFACE FIELD (FSF); FRONT SURFACES; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INTERDIGITATED BACK-CONTACT (IBC) SOLAR CELLS; N-TYPE MATERIALS; SCREEN-PRINTED;

ALUMINUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

CELLS;

EID: 77953026429     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2010.2045151     Document Type: Article

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