Etch-back simplifies interdigitated back contact solar cells

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3046-3050

  Zin, Ngwe ^a   Blakers, Andrew ^a   Franklin, Evan ^a   Fong, Kean ^a   Kho, Teng ^a   Barugkin, Chog ^a   Wang, Eric ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

charge density; diffusions; etch back; high efficiency; IBC; Joe; solar cell

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CHARGE DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; EFFICIENCY; PASSIVATION; THERMOOXIDATION;

CARRIERS TRANSPORT; CONTACT RECOMBINATIONS; ETCH-BACK TECHNIQUE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; INTERDIGITATED BACK CONTACTS; LOW THERMAL BUDGET; SATURATION CURRENT DENSITIES; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912071930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925578     Document Type: Conference Paper

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