Self-doping contacts to silicon using silver coated with a dopant source

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 69-74

  Meier, D L ^a   Davis, H P ^a   Garcia, R A ^a   Jessup, J A ^a   Carroll, A F ^b  

^a EBARA Solar Inc   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ALLOYING PROCESS; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; CONTACT SYSTEMS; DOPANT SOURCES; EUTECTIC TEMPERATURE; LIFETIME DEGRADATION; LOW RESISTANCE; SILICON SUBSTRATES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949568581     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.915755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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