Effects of grain boundaries on the performance of polycrystalline silicon solar cells

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 661-669

  Joshi, D P ^a   Sharma, Kiran ^b  

^a DBS Post Graduate College Dehradun   (India)

^b GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Grain boundary; Polycrystalline silicon; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866119471     PISSN: 00195596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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