Growth velocity and grain size of multicrystalline solar cell silicon

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-21

  Brynjulfsen, I ^a   Fujiwara, K ^b   Usami, N ^b   Arnberg, L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A1. Nucleation; A1. Solidification; A2. Growth from melt; B1. Silicon

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; CRYSTAL SURFACES; GRAIN DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH FROM MELTS; GROWTH VELOCITY; IMPURITY LEVEL; IN-SITU; LARGE-GRAIN; MULTICRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUCLEATION RATE; SOLAR CELL SILICON;

COATINGS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUCLEATION; SOLAR CELLS;

COOLING;

EID: 84864417004     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2012.06.040     Document Type: Article

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