The use of test structures for characterization of back-contact silicon solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gee, James M ^a   Hacke, Peter ^a   Hilali, Mohamed ^a   Jimeno, Juan Carlos ^a,b  

^a Advent Solar Inc   (United States)

^b E U Ingeniería Técnica Industrial de Bilbao   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE GEOMETRIES; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EMITTER-WRAP-THROUGH; PRODUCTION LINE; RECOMBINATION CURRENTS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SPECIFIC COMPONENT; TEST STRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879721034     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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