Review on screen printed metallization on p-type silicon

Energy Procedia

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-23

  Riegel, S ^a   Mutter, F ^a   Lauermann, T ^a   Terheiden, B ^a   Hahn, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact formation; Crystalline silicon; Local contact; P type; Screen printing; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877933022     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.05.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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