Nanobonding for multi-junction solar cells at room temperature

ECS Transactions

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Yu, T ^a   Howlader, M M R ^a   Zhang, F ^a   Bakr, M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMORPHOUS LAYER; BONDING STRENGTH; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; FAST ATOM BEAMS; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; IV CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE ACTIVATION; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79960785920     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3568842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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