Defect annealing processes for polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 670-675

  Steffens, S ^a   Becker, C ^a   Zollondz, J H ^b   Chowdhury, A ^c   Slaoui, A ^c   Lindekugel, S ^d   Schubert, U ^e   Evans, R ^e   Rech, B ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b CSG Solar AG   (Germany)

^c Faculté de Médecine   (France)

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

^e Suntech RandD Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annealing; Defects; Rapid thermal processing; Silicon; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; GLASS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OVENS; PLASMA CVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYSILICON; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ANNEALING; ANNEALING PROCESS; DEFECT ANNEALING; DEFECT HEALING; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; OPTIMISATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON THIN FILM; RAPID-THERMAL PROCESSING; SILICON THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; SOLID-PHASE CRYSTALLIZATION;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84876414628     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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