20.3% MWT silicon heterojunction solar cell-a novel heterojunction integrated concept embedding low ag consumption and high module efficiency

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-60

  Coletti, G ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Janssen, G ^a   Loffler, J ^a   Van Aken, B B ^a   Li, F ^b   Shen, Y ^b   Yang, W ^b   Shi, J ^b   Li, G ^b   Hu, Z ^b   Xiong, J ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Heterojunction (HJ); metal wrap through (MWT); photovoltaic cells; silicon

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SILVER; TEMPERATURE;

CELL FABRICATIONS; CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE; COST-OF-OWNERSHIP REDUCTION; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTS; MODULE EFFICIENCY; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84919917252     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2361029     Document Type: Article

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