WO2012166749A3 - Ion implantation and annealing for high efficiency back-contact back-junction solar cells - Google Patents

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WO2012166749A3
WO2012166749A3 PCT/US2012/039901 US2012039901W WO2012166749A3 WO 2012166749 A3 WO2012166749 A3 WO 2012166749A3 US 2012039901 W US2012039901 W US 2012039901W WO 2012166749 A3 WO2012166749 A3 WO 2012166749A3
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ion implantation
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Mehrdad M. Moslehi
Virendra V. Rana
Pawan Kapur
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Abstract

A back contact back junction thin-film solar cell is formed on a thin-film semiconductor solar cell. Preferably the thin film semiconductor material comprises crystalline silicon. Emitter regions, selective emitter regions, and a back surface field are formed through ion implantation and annealing processes.
PCT/US2012/039901 2011-05-27 2012-05-29 Ion implantation and annealing for high efficiency back-contact back-junction solar cells WO2012166749A2 (en)

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