Manufacturing 100-μm-thick silicon solar cells with efficiencies greater than 20% in a pilot production line

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-24

  Terheiden, Barbara ^a   Ballmann, Tabitha ^b   Horbelt, Renate ^a   Schiele, Yvonne ^a   Seren, Sabine ^a   Ebser, Jan ^a   Hahn, G ^a   Mertens, Verena ^b   Koentopp, Max B ^b   Scherff, Maximilian ^b   Müller, Jörg W ^b   Holman, Zachary C ^c,h   Descoeudres, Antoine ^c   De Wolf, Stefaan ^c   De Nicolas, Silvia Martin ^c   Geissbuehler, Jonas ^c   Ballif, Christophe ^c   Weber, Bernd ^d   Saint Cast, Pierre ^d   Rauer, Michael ^d   Schmiga, Christian ^d   Glunz, Stefan W ^d   Morrison, Dominique J ^e   Devenport, Stephen ^e   Antonelli, Danilo ^f   Busto, Chiara ^f   Grasso, Federico ^f   Ferrazza, Francesca ^f   Tonelli, Elisa ^f   Oswald, Wolfgang ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

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

^e Solar Capture Technologies PV Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f ENI S P A   (Italy)

^g Mechatronic SystemTechnik GMBH   (Austria)

^h Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

High efficiency; Pilot production; Silicon; Solar cells; Thin wafers

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PILOT PLANTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; PILOT PRODUCTION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION; THIN WAFERS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84920792408     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201431241     Document Type: Article

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