High performance wire-array silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-312

  Gunawan, O ^a   Wang, K ^a   Fallahazad, B ^b   Zhang, Y ^a   Tutuc, E ^b   Guha, S ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETING EFFECTS; CONTROL-CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE WIRE; JUNCTION DEPTH; JUNCTION STRUCTURE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOWER COST; P-N JUNCTION; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; SERIES RESISTANCES; WIRE DIAMETER;

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CARRIER LIFETIME; IMPACT RESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

WIRE;

EID: 79953672490     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1027     Document Type: Article

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