• DocumentCode
    2975000
  • Title

    Defects in crystalline silicon for solar cells (DIXSI): a co-operative German research project

  • Author

    Eyer, A. ; Reis, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Solare Energiesysteme, Freiburg, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec 1994
  • Firstpage
    1587
  • Abstract
    A co-operative research project in Germany is dealing with defects in multicrystalline and Czochralski silicon and their influence on the solar cell performance. The areas of research of the co-operating institutions and the contribution of the German photovoltaic industry are outlined. A few examples of scientific results are given
  • Keywords
    dislocations; elemental semiconductors; grain boundaries; impurities; research initiatives; semiconductor materials; silicon; solar cells; Czochralski silicon; DIXSI; German photovoltaic industry; Si; Si solar cells; co-operative German research project; crystalline silicon defects; dislocations; grain boundaries; impurities; microdefects; multicrystalline Si; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Grain boundaries; Impurities; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; Solar power generation; Spectroscopy; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1460-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520519
  • Filename
    520519