Large area copper plated silicon solar cell exceeding 19.5% efficiency

Energy Procedia

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 58-65

  Tous, L ^a,b   Russell, R ^a   Das, J ^a   Labie, R ^a   Ngamo, M ^c   Horzel, J ^a   Philipsen, H ^a   Sniekers, J ^b   Vandermissen, K ^a   Van Den Brekel, L ^d   Janssens, T ^a   Aleman, M ^a   Van Dorp, D H ^a   Poortmans, J ^a,b   Mertens, R ^a,b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d Meco Equipment Engineers BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Copper; Deep homogeneous emitters; Metallization; Ni si cu contacts; Perc type solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897100397     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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