Development of high-performance multicrystalline silicon for photovoltaic industry

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 340-351

  Yang, Y M ^a   Yu, A ^a   Hsu, B ^a   Hsu, W C ^a   Yang, A ^b   Lan, Chung Wen ^c  

^a Sino American Silicon Productions Inc   (Taiwan)

^b Solartech Energy Inc   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Directional solidification; Grain growth; Multicrystalline silicon; Semiconducting silicon; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLIDIFICATION;

AVERAGE EFFICIENCIES; CELL EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL GROWTH TECHNOLOGY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY CELLS; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON (MC-SI); PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84923998168     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2437     Document Type: Article

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