Theoretical and experimental investigation of aluminum-boron codoping of silicon

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 219-228

  Rauer, Michael ^a   Schmiga, Christian ^a   Raugewitz, Annika ^a   Glatthaar, Markus ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a  

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

Author keywords

aluminum boron codoping; aluminum boron paste; coalloying; silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALLOYING; ALLOYING ELEMENTS; BORON; DISSOLUTION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ALUMINUM PASTE; BORON CO-DOPING; BORON PASTE; COALLOYING; DOPANT PROFILE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; SCREEN-PRINTED; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84957427755     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2663     Document Type: Article

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