Ag requirements for silicon wafer-based solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 911-916

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ag requirements; material limits

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METALLIZATION; DESIGN CHANGE; MATERIAL RESOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SCREEN-PRINTED;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON WAFERS; SILVER;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 82355169743     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1125     Document Type: Article

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