Quick determination of copper-metallization long-term impact on silicon solar cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Bartsch, J ^a   Mondon, A ^a,b   Bayer, K ^a   Schetter, C ^a   Horteis M ^a   Glunz, S W ^a  

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

^b GP Solar GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DIFFUSION; COST-INTENSIVE; EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION ENERGY; FILL FACTOR; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEASURED DATA; METAL STACK SYSTEM; METALLIZATIONS; OPERATION TIME; SOLAR CELL MODULE; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; STACK SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE REGIONS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; DIFFUSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLIZING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

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EID: 77956205774     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3466984     Document Type: Article

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