Synergistic effects of rear-surface passivation and the metal wrap through concept

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-113

  Thaidigsmann, Benjamin ^a   Drews, Andreas ^a   Fellmeth, Tobias ^a   Saint Cast, Pierre ^a   Wolf, Andreas ^a   Clement, Florian ^a   Preu, Ralf ^a   Biro, Daniel ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metal wrap through (MWT); photovoltaic cells; screen printing; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

BACK SURFACE FIELDS; REAR SIDE; SCREEN-PRINTED; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; WRAP-THROUGH SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCREEN PRINTING;

METALLIZING;

EID: 84865198379     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2183577     Document Type: Article

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