Inkjet structured EWT silicon solar cells with evaporated aluminum metallization and laser-fired contacts

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3125-3130

  Fallisch, Arne ^a   Stüwe, David ^a   Neubauer, Rainer ^a   Wagenmann, Dirk ^a   Keding, Roman ^a   Nekarda, Jan ^a   Preu, Ralf ^a   Biro, Daniel ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT ACCURACY; ALUMINUM METALLIZATION; CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL PROCESS; FORMING GAS; HOT MELT; HOT PLATES; INTERDIGITATED STRUCTURE; METALLIZATIONS; OXIDE PASSIVATION LAYER; SELECTIVE EMITTERS; SMALL FEATURES; WORK FOCUS;

ALUMINUM; METALLIZING; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMA THEORY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78650146260     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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