Fabrication of solar and electronic silicon wafers involves direct contact between solid, liquid
and gas phases at near equilibrium conditions. Understanding of the phase diagrams and …

Abstract Characterization and identification of recombination active defects in photovoltaic
(PV) materials are essential for improving the performance of solar cells, hence, reducing …

Several studies have aimed to develop methods for recycling and recovering valuable
materials from waste photovoltaic (PV) modules to keep up with the increasingly stringent …

The evolution of Si bulk minority carrier lifetime during the heteroepitaxial growth of III–V on
Si multijunction solar cell structures via metal‐organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) …

With the final goal of integrating III–V materials on silicon substrates for tandem solar cells,
the influence of the metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) environment on the …

The measurement of both doping elements and trace elements in solar cell silicon plays a
key role for achieving high conversion efficiency of the solar cell device. Doping element …

This silicon purification research work has two stages and results will be provided in two
articles due to the large scope of work. This paper provides the results of the first stage …

Impurities in crystalline silicon can be classified into two categories, dopants and
contaminants. Generally, dopants are intentionally added to modulate the resistivity, while …

Temperature‐dependent measurements are extensively employed in assessing
photovoltaic materials and devices. An obvious reason is that solar cells often operate at …

The silicon photovoltaic industry is currently shifting towards lightly doped emitters. These
have electrical properties that benefit solar cells, compared to the traditional heavily doped …