Progress in laser-crystallized thin-film polycrystalline silicon solar cells: Intermediate layers, light trapping, and metallization

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-39

  Dore, Jonathon ^a,b   Ong, Daniel ^b   Varlamov, Sergey ^a   Egan, Renate ^b   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Suntech RandD Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lasers; photovoltaic cells; silicon; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; LASER CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON LAYERS; THIN SILICON FILMS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GLASS; LASERS; METALLIZING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84891561474     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2280016     Document Type: Article

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