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Multi crystalline silicon thin films grown directly on low cost soda-lime glass substrates

Kuehnapfel et al., 2019

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8068846638498635811
Author
Kuehnapfel S
Severin S
Kersten N
Harten P
Stegemann B
Gall S
Publication year
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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

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Liquid phase crystallization of silicon is a promising technology platform to grow multi crystalline silicon thin films on foreign substrates. For solar cell application it has already been demonstrated that open circuit voltages of up to 661 mV [1] and efficiencies of up to …
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