Development of silicon solar cells and silicon epilayers for photovoltaic applications in South Africa
Thin crystalline silicon epilayers were grown in a rotating liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) graphite boat. The epilayers were grown from a saturated indium solution, on single-crystal (100) boron-doped Si substrates, using the equilibrium cooling technique. The efficiency of solar cells can be improved, since LPE has the potential to produce good quality thin crystalline layers. LPE is a cheap and simple technique, and coupling it with layer deposition on inexpensive substrates could possibly provide the solution to lowering the overall cost/kW h of power generation.
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1995
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Authors: | Watters, V.J. ; Ter Stege, J.G. ; Viljoen, P.E. ; Leitch, A.W.R. ; Mulder, R. |
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Renewable Energy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0960-1481. - Vol. 6.1995, 5, p. 607-612
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Elsevier |
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