Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
Epitaxial deposition produces acceptable solar cells from metallurgicalgrade silicon. Instead of diffusing dopants into silicon to form pn junction, junction is formed by growing epitaxial layer--one having crystal structure continuous with that of substrate--on metallurgical-grade silicon. Less pure forms of silicon, such as metallurgical-grade, are less expensive than semiconductor-grade material and help to lower cost of solar cells.
Keywords:
FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY
Type:
NPO-15042
,
NASA Tech Briefs (ISSN 0145-319X); 6; 4; P. 467
Format:
text
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