Bulk Crystal Growth and Wafering for PV

Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 218-264

  Rodriguez, Hugo ^a   Guerrero, Ismael ^a   Koch, Wolfgang ^b   Endrös, Arthur L ^c   Franke, Dieter ^d   Häßler, Christian ^b   Kalejs, Juris P ^e   Moller H J ^f  

^a DC Wafers   (Spain)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d ACCESS E V   (Germany)

^e RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

^f TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk crystal growth and wafering for PV; Cell processes with Cz Si using high efficiency processes with smaller process windows; Crystalline silicon foil, ribbon production processes in R D and commercialization; Cz process, acting as a purification step and lifetime limiting elements; Growth of seed cone critical stage in pulling of Cz crystal; Multicrystalline silicon, besides monocrystalline silicon basis of today's photovoltaic technology; Photovoltaic industry, fabricating solar cells highly efficient and cost effective; Solar cells, out of Czochralski (Cz) grown crystals and wafers multicrystalline cells, a dominant part in today's PV industry; Wafer quality and saw damage; Wafers, and cost contribution reducing cost of crystal growth, productivity improvement and material consumption at constant wafer quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886164062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470974704.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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