Towards 20% efficient large-area screen-printed rear-passivated silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 630-638

  Dullweber, Thorsten ^a   Gatz, Sebastian ^a   Hannebauer, Helge ^a   Falcon, Tom ^b   Hesse, Rene ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a   Brendel, Rolf ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b DEK Printing Machines Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

aluminium oxide; local Al contacts; PERC; print on print; screen printing; silicon dioxide; silicon solar cells; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; LASER ABLATION; LOW-K DIELECTRIC; NITRIDES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SCREEN PRINTING; SILICA; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

AL BACK SURFACE FIELDS; AL CONTACT; ALUMINIUM OXIDE; CZOCHRALSKI SILICON WAFERS; INTERNAL REFLECTANCE; PERC; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 84865656136     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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