Photoluminescence and infrared spectroscopy for the study of defects in silicon for photovoltaic applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 696-703

  Binetti, Simona ^a   Le Donne, Alessia ^a   Sassella, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defects; Impurities; IR spectroscopy; mc Si; Photoluminescence; SoG Si

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROELECTRONICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON;

PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; REVIEW PAPERS; SO-G SI;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84907219638     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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