Improving the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells by an intersected selective laser doping

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3347-3351

  Zhu, L Q ^a   Gong, J ^a   Huang, J ^a   She, P ^a   Zeng, M L ^a   Li, L ^a   Dai, M Z ^a   Wan, Q ^a  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Intersected selective laser doping; Selective emitter; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; HIGH THROUGHPUT; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; LASER DOPING; METAL CONTACTS; SATURATION CURRENT; SELECTIVE EMITTERS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THROUGHPUT;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 80053577593     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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