Ion implantation into amorphous Si layers to form carrier-selective contacts for Si solar cells

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 767-770

  Feldmann, Frank ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a   Reichel, Christian ^a   Hermle, Martin ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous materials; Contacts; Ion implantation; Passivation; Silicon; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ION IMPLANTATION; PASSIVATION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SI; SELECTIVE CONTACTS; SI SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84908217817     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201409312     Document Type: Article

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