Thin-film monocrystalline-silicon solar cells based on a seed layer approach with 11% efficiency

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7771, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gordon, I ^a   Qiu, Y ^a   Van Gestel, D ^a   Poortmans, J ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

crystalline; glass ceramic; seed layer; silicon; Solar cell; thin film

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ANODIC BONDING; CELL PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL VAPOR; CRYSTALLINE; ELECTRONIC QUALITY; EPITAXIAL THICKENING; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH QUALITY; INDUCED SEPARATION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MATERIAL QUALITY; MONOCRYSTALLINE; NON-SILICON; ORIENTED SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICITIES; SEED LAYER; SI SURFACES; SILICON CONSUMPTION; SILICON LAYER; SILICON THIN FILM; SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; SOLAR MODULE; TRANSPARENT GLASS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS BONDING; GLASS CERAMICS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; WAFER BONDING;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 78049387441     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.860385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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