Progress in emitter wrap-through solar cell fabrication on boron doped Czochralski-grown silicon

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1069-1075

  Hermann, Sonja ^a   Merkle, Agnes ^a   Ulzhfer, Christian ^a   Dorn, Silke ^a   Feilhaber, Ilka ^a   Berger, Miriam ^a   Friedrich, Thomas ^a   Brendemhl, Till ^a   Harder, Nils Peter ^a,c   Ehlers, Lotte ^b   Weise, Katrin ^b   Meyer, Rdiger ^b   Brendel, Rolf ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b Stiebel Eltron GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell design; Cz silicon; Emitter wrap through; Fill factor; High efficiency

Indexed keywords

CELL DESIGN; CZ SILICON; EMITTER WRAP-THROUGH; FILL FACTOR; HIGH-EFFICIENCY;

BORON; DEGRADATION; DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 79951850889     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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