Progress with epitaxy wrap-through crystalline silicon thin-film solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 706-714

  Mitchell, Emily J ^a,b   Brinkmann, Nils ^a,c   Reber, Stefan ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back contact; Crystalline silicon; Epitaxy; Isolation layer; Selective emitter; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BACK CONTACT; BASE LAYERS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DEPOSITION CHAMBERS; EMITTER CELLS; EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION; FILL FACTOR; GEOMETRICAL FORMS; HIGH QUALITY; ISOLATION LAYER; SELECTIVE EMITTER; SELECTIVE EMITTERS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; VIA HOLE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; SILICON WAFERS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80052331987     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1091     Document Type: Article

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