1.16 - Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: State-of-the-Art and Future Developments

Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 353-387

  Glunz, S W ^a   Preu, R ^a   Biro, D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Charge carrier lifetime; Conversion efficiency; Crystalline silicon; Diffusion; Numerical simulation; Photovoltaics; PN junction; Semiconductor; Solar cell; Solar module; Surface passivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957778152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-087872-0.00117-7     Document Type: Chapter

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