Investigation of open-circuit voltage in solar grade silicon solar cells from a metallurgical process route and cell's defect

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-116

  Yang, Hong ^a   Wang, He ^a   Wang, Minqiang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defect; Metallurgical silicon; Open circuit voltage; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; METALLURGY; METALS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYSILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CHEMICAL ROUTES; LOW ILLUMINATIONS; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SINGLE CRYSTALLINE SILICON; SOLAR GRADE SILICONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84873094353     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-012-0488-z     Document Type: Article

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