Laser-fired contact optimization in c-Si solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-180

  Ortega, P ^a   Orpella, A ^a   Martin I ^a   Colina, M ^a   Lopez G ^a   Voz, C ^a   Sanchez M I ^b   Molpeceres, C ^b   Alcubilla, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

laser fired contact; passivation layer; PERC solar cell; specific contact resistance; spreading resistance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; OXIDE FILMS; PASSIVATION; SILICA; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS;

LASER-FIRED CONTACTS; PASSIVATION LAYER; PERC SOLAR CELLS; SPECIFIC CONTACT RESISTANCES; SPREADING RESISTANCE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84857398280     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1115     Document Type: Article

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