Progress in n-type Si solar cell and module technology for high efficiency and low cost

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3004-3008

  Song, Dengyuan ^a   Xiong, Jingfeng ^a   Hu, Zhiyan ^a   Li, Gaofei ^a   Wang, Hongfang ^a   An, Haijiao ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Grenko, Brian ^a   Borden, Kevin ^a   Sauer, Kenneth ^a   Roessler, Thomas ^b   Cui, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Haitao ^a   Bultman, Jan ^c   Vlooswijk, A H G ^d   Venema, P R ^d  

^a Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd   (China)

^b Yingli Green Energy Europe GmbH   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d Tempress Systems BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

high efficiency; n type crystalline Si; screen printing technology; solar cell

Indexed keywords

CELL PROCESSING; CELL SIZE; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; CRYSTALLINE SI; HIGH TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; LOW COSTS; MASS PRODUCTION; P-TYPE SI; PILOT PRODUCTION; POWER DENSITIES; SCALE-UP; SI SOLAR CELLS; SI WAFER; WAFER SLICING;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; MACHINE TOOLS; PILOT PLANTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SCREEN PRINTING; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; TECHNOLOGY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84869414046     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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