Application of ion implantation emitter in PERC solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-57

  Wu, Jian ^a   Liu, Yunyu ^a   Wang, Xusheng ^a   Zhang, Lingjun ^a  

^a Canadian Solar Inc   (China)

Author keywords

c Si; passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC); solar cell

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE EFFICIENCIES; C-SI; PASSIVATED EMITTER AND REAR CELL (PERC); PHOSPHOSILICATE GLASS; POSTIMPLANTATION ANNEALING; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

ALUMINUM; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ION IMPLANTATION; PASSIVATION; SILICON NITRIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84891555392     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2282893     Document Type: Article

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