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Silicon Heterojunction Technology: A Key to High Efficiency Solar Cells at Low Cost

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Solar cells made of silicon wafers have dominated the terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) market since the beginning of industrial commercialization of PV.

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    A. S. Abramov, D. A. Andronikov & E. I. Terukov

  2. R&D Center of Thin Film Technologies in Energetics, 28 Polytechnicheskaya Str., St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia

    A. S. Abramov, D. A. Andronikov, S. N. Abolmasov & E. I. Terukov

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Abramov, A.S., Andronikov, D.A., Abolmasov, S.N., Terukov, E.I. (2020). Silicon Heterojunction Technology: A Key to High Efficiency Solar Cells at Low Cost. In: Petrova-Koch, V., Hezel, R., Goetzberger, A. (eds) High-Efficient Low-Cost Photovoltaics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 140. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22864-4_7

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