Development and integration of a high efficiency baseline leading to 23% IBC cells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 638-645

  Aleman, M ^a   Das, J ^a,e   Janssens, T ^a,f   Pawlak, B ^a,g   Posthuma, N ^a   Robbelein, J ^a   Singh, S ^a   Baert, K ^a   Poortmans, J ^a   Fernandez, J ^b   Yoshikawa, K ^c   Verlinden, P J ^d,h  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b SCHOTT Solar AG   (Germany)

^c Kaneka Belgium   (Belgium)

^d AMROCK PTY LTD   (Australia)

^e Xenics Infrared Solutions   (Belgium)

^f OnSemi   (Belgium)

^g IMEC   (Belgium)

^h Trina PV Park   (China)

Author keywords

High efficiency; IBC; Processing; Silicon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889644080     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.07.122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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