Add-on laser tailored selective emitter solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 505-510

  Roder T C ^a   Eisele, S J ^a   Grabitz, P ^b   Wagner, C ^a   Kulushich, G ^a   Kohler J R ^a   Werner, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b SOLARWATT Cells GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser doping; Laser tailoring; Screen printing; Selective emitter; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; CONTACT FORMATION; DOPING PROFILES; ERROR-FUNCTION; GAUSSIANS; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; LASER DOPING; METALLIZATIONS; P-N JUNCTION; PROCESS WINDOW; SCREEN-PRINTED; SELECTIVE EMITTERS;

PRINTING PRESSES; SCREEN PRINTING; SOLAR CELLS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 79954549804     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1007     Document Type: Article

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