Uniform plating of thin nickel layers for silicon solar cells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 807-815

  Yao, Yu ^a   Rodriguez, John ^a   Cui, Jie ^a   Lennon, Alison ^a   Wenham, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct etching; Galvanic displacement; Laser doping; Ni plating; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893670974     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.07.350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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