Laser structuring of crystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on opaque foreign substrates

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2454-2458

  Kunz, T ^a   Gazuz, V ^a   Hessmann, M T ^a   Gawehns, N ^a   Burkert, I ^a   Brabec, C J ^a,b  

^a BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline thin film silicon; Edge isolation; Graphite substrate; Laser processing

Indexed keywords

ABLATION PROCESS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE; EDGE ISOLATION; FOREIGN SUBSTRATES; GRAPHITE SUBSTRATE; ISOLATION PROCESS; LASER PROCESSING; LASER STRUCTURING; LIGHT BEAM INDUCED CURRENTS; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEEDING LAYERS; SHUNT RESISTANCES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THIN FILM SILICON; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; ZONE MELTING RECRYSTALLIZATION;

ABLATION; CARRIER LIFETIME; GRAPHITE; INDUCED CURRENTS; PLASMA ETCHING; SUBSTRATES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 79958091462     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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