Further analysis of aluminum alloying for the formation of p+ regions in silicon solar cells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages 200-206

  Rauer, Michael ^a   Schmiga, Christian ^a   Krause, Jonas ^a,b   Woehl, Robert ^a   Hermle, Martin ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomerations; Aluminum alloying; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALLOYING; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

ALLOYING CONDITIONS; BACK SURFACE FIELDS; INHOMOGENEITIES; PEAK TEMPERATURES; SCREEN-PRINTED; SI SOLAR CELLS; SIMPLE MODELING; WETTING PHENOMENON;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80052094296     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.06.124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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