Influence of stain etching on low minority carrier lifetime areas of multicrystalline silicon for solar cells

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 176, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1541-1545

  Montesdeoca Santana, A ^a,b   Gonzalez Diaz B ^a,c   Jimenez Rodriguez E ^a   Ziegler, J ^b   Velazquez J J ^a   Hohage, S ^b   Borchert, D ^b   Guerrero Lemus, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c Instituto Tecnologico y de Enegias Renovables   (Spain)

Author keywords

mc Silicon; Solar cells; Texturization

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; ETCHING; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

MC-SILICON; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; MULTICRYSTALLINE; PHOTOGENERATED CURRENT; SILICON SURFACES; SILICON-BASED; SOLAR CELL SUBSTRATES; STAIN ETCHING; TEXTURING SILICONS; TEXTURIZATION;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 80053621310     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2011.09.029     Document Type: Article

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