Nickel-plated front contacts for front and rear emitter silicon solar cells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 449-458

  Rauer, Michael ^a   Mondon, Andrew ^a   Schmiga, Christian ^a   Bartsch, Jonas ^a   Glatthaar, Markus ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emitter shunting; Nickel silicide spiking; Nickel plated contacts; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888623680     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.07.303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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