Low Surface Recombination in Silicon-Heterojunction Solar Cells With Rear Laser-Fired Contacts from Aluminum Foils

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 805-811

  Colina, Monica ^a   Morales Vilches, Anna Belén ^a   Voz, Cristóbal ^a   Martín, Isidro ^a   Ortega, Pablo R ^a   Alcubilla, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; crystalline silicon (c Si); heterojunctions; laser fired contacts (LFC); solar cells; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM FOIL; AMORPHOUS SILICON; EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PASSIVATION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH EFFICIENCY SILICON SOLAR CELLS; LASER-FIRED CONTACTS; QUASI-STEADY-STATE PHOTOCONDUCTANCE; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85027942830     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2411055     Document Type: Article

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