Current conduction mechanism of front-side contact of N-type crystalline si solar cells with Ag/Al pastes

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 549-553

  Liang, Liang ^a   Li, Zhigang ^a   Cheng, Lap Kin ^a   Takeda, Norihiko ^a   Young, R J S ^a   Carroll, Alan ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Current conduction mechanism; front side (FS) contact; microstructural investigation; n type crystalline Si solar cells

Indexed keywords

BACK SURFACE FIELDS; CRYSTALLINE SI (C-SI); CRYSTALLINE SI SOLAR CELLS; CURRENT CONDUCTION MECHANISMS; INDUSTRIAL SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION;

ALUMINUM; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER;

SILICON;

EID: 84897658692     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2292350     Document Type: Article

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