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            | Solar cells on N-type multicrystalline silicon wafers by industrial processing techniques | 
        
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            | ECN
                Solar Energy | 1-6-2004 | 
        
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            | ECN-RX--04-061 | Conference Paper | 
        
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            | 4 | Download PDF | 
    
    
        Presented at: 19th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France, 7-11 juni 2004.
        
        
    
    
        Abstract:
        
n-type silicon can be an interesting material to reduce the expected
silicon shortage. We are developing an industrial process sequence of
n-type silicon. We report improvements of emitter processing and implementation
of a SiN
x ARC which resulted in an increase of the efficiency
from about 5 % to over 12 %. Further optimization of the front side
paste and the firing conditions can increase the efficiency to 14 %.
    
    
        
        
    
    
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