Dislocation is a common extended defect in crystalline silicon solar cells, which affects the
recombination characteristics of solar cells by forming deep‐level defect states in the silicon …

The Sun is the major source of energy on Earth and has been producing energy for billions
of years. Although the Sun is about 90 million miles away from us, it takes only about 8.5 …

Crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells have been accepted as the only environmentally and
economically acceptable alternative source to fossil fuels. The majority of commercially …

The quality improvement of the mc-Si ingot is achieved by numerical simulation using the
finite volume method. We have done the numerical simulation on a 2D symmetric Directional …

The grown-in dislocation dynamics and interaction mechanisms with growth twins are
investigated in-situ during the directional solidification of silicon crystal. The melting …

We report results from a national project about impurities in high performance
multicrystalline silicon: Contamination sources, transport routes, interaction with crystal …

To achieve a desired microstructure and minimize the thickness variation in rolled foils,
researchers must understand the effects of foil fabrication process variables on …

One of the key issues to be resolved to improve the performance of silicon solar cells is to
reduce crystalline defect formation and propagation during the growth-process fabrication …

In this work, we present a novel technological approach to form highly boron-doped
selective emitters. The selective emitters are formed by using a Laser Induced Forward …

The sectional heater of industrial-scale directional solidification furnace was designed for
improving the quality of the high performance multi-crystalline silicon ingots used for solar …