Pilot line processing of silicon wafer solar cells using industry-scale equipment

Energy Procedia

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-57

  Boreland, Matthew B ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Al BSF solar cells; Al LBSF solar cells; Industrial R D; Inline diffusion; R D pilot line; Silicon wafer solar cells

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESEARCH; EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; IN-LINE; INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT; NATIONAL LABORATORY; PILOT LINE; PROCESS TOOLS; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROADMAP; SINGAPORE; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; TOOL DESIGNS; USE-INSPIRED BASIC RESEARCH;

ALUMINUM; ENERGY CONVERSION; INDUSTRY; MACHINERY; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84860543504     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.02.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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