Silicon solar cells: State of the art

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1996, 2013, Pages

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Silicon photovoltaics; Silicon solar cells; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COSTS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED CRYSTALLIZATION; MODULE MANUFACTURING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOURCE MATERIAL; STATE OF THE ART; US GOVERNMENT; WAFER SLICING;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84880056269     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0413     Document Type: Review

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