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Tem/Ebic Investigations of Structural Defects in Polycrystalline Solar Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

D.G. Ast ,
B. Cunningham  and
R. Gleichmann
D.G. Ast
Affiliation:
Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca N.Y., 14853
B. Cunningham*
Affiliation:
Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca N.Y., 14853
R. Gleichmann
Affiliation:
Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca N.Y., 14853
*
* Present address: IBM East Fishkill, Hopewell Junction, N.Y. 12533.
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Most solar silicon is grown in the form of cast ingots, e.g. HEM, Silso and UCP or in the form of thin continous ribbons, e.g. FFG, RTR and Web. HEM and EFG will be considered as representative example of each catagory.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 31: Symposium N – Electron Microscopy of Materials , 1983 , 85
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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