Sensitivity of state-of-the-art and high efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells to metal impurities

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1163-1170

  Coletti, Gianluca ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

degradation; efficiency; feedstock; impurities; polysilicon; silicon; solar cell; solar grade silicon

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE CROSS SECTIONS; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICES; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; SOLAR-GRADE SILICONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

DEGRADATION; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; FEEDSTOCKS; POLYSILICON; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 84881245798     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2195     Document Type: Article

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