Analysis of performance limiting material properties of multicrystalline silicon

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1451-1456

  Schubert, M C ^a   Kwapil, W ^a   Schn, J ^a   Habenicht, H ^a   Kasemann, M ^a   Gundel, P ^a   Blazek, M ^a   Warta, W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Gettering; Luminescence spectroscopy; Metal impurities; Multicrystalline silicon

Indexed keywords

AFTER HIGH TEMPERATURE; CARRIER LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; DEFECT LUMINESCENCE; GETTERING; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; METAL IMPURITIES; METALLIC IMPURITY; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUT-DIFFUSION; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION; PREBREAKDOWN; REVERSE BIAS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TEMPERATURE STABLE;

CARRIER LIFETIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMPURITIES; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL REFINING; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 77955424615     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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