Crystal growth, microstructure characterization and cell performance analysis of casting-monocrystalline ingots with <111> orientation

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3036-3039

  Xiong, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Yingbin ^a,b   Fu, Shaoyong ^a   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Xu, Guanchao ^a   Feng, Zhiqiang ^a   Chu, Junhao ^a   Verlinden, Pierre J ^a  

^a Trina PV Park   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

<111>; casting mono; defect density; orientation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFECT DENSITY; INGOTS;

CELL PERFORMANCE; CRYSTAL GROWTH DIRECTION; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LOW COSTS; MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION; MONOCRYSTALLINE; SEED ORIENTATION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84912103098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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