Ultrathin flexible crystalline silicon: Microsystems-enabled photovoltaics

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Cruz Campa, Jose L ^a   Nielson, Gregory N ^a   Resnick, Paul J ^a   Sanchez, Carlos A ^a   Clews, Peggy J ^a   Okandan, Murat ^a   Friedmann, Tom ^a   Gupta, Vipin P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon; microsystems enabled photovoltaics; photovoltaic modules

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROCESSING TOOLS; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SILICON STRUCTURES; SUBMILLIMETERS; TRANSFER PROCESS; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRATHIN SILICON;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MICROSYSTEMS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TETHERLINES;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84863886344     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2162973     Document Type: Article

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