Back-contact solar cells in thin crystalline silicon

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3131-3136

  Fossum, J G ^a   Sarkar, D ^a   Mathew, L ^b   Rao, R ^b   Jawarani, D ^b   Law, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AstroWatt Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DEVICE SIMULATORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OBJECT ORIENTED; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PHYSICS-BASED; SI SOLAR CELLS; THIN SILICON WAFER;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 78650164986     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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