Modeling distribution and impact of efficiency limiting metallic impurities in silicon solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 286-291

  Schubert, M C ^a   Schon J ^a   Michl, B ^a   Abdollahinia, A ^a,b   Warta, W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

impurities; modeling; silicon; solar cells

Indexed keywords

AS PRECIPITATES; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL PARAMETER; CELL SIMULATION; DIFFERENT SIZES; IMPURITY CONCENTRATION; METAL IMPURITIES; METALLIC IMPURITY; MODELING DISTRIBUTIONS; MODELING RESULTS; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SOLAR CELL PROCESSING;

CHROMIUM; EFFICIENCY; METALS; MODELS; POINT DEFECTS; POLYSILICON; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 84869431462     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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