NeoGrowth silicon: A new high purity, low-oxygen crystal growth technique for photovoltaic substrates

Stoddard, Nathan; Russell, Joshua; Hixson, Earl C.; She, Hui; Krause, Andreas; Wolny, Franziska; Bertoni, Mariana; Naerland, Tine Uberg; Sylla, Lamine; von Ammon, Wilfried

doi:10.1002/pip.2984

NeoGrowth silicon: A new high purity, low-oxygen crystal growth technique for photovoltaic substrates

Journal Article · 17 January 2018 · Progress in Photovoltaics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2984· OSTI ID:1537603

^[1]; Russell, Joshua ^[1]; Hixson, Earl C. ^[1]; She, Hui ^[1]; Krause, Andreas ^[2]; Wolny, Franziska ^[2]; Bertoni, Mariana ^[3]; Naerland, Tine Uberg ^[3]; Sylla, Lamine ^[2]; von Ammon, Wilfried ^[4]

SolarWorld Americas, 25300 NW Evergreen Rd Hillsboro OR 97006 USA
SolarWorld Innovations, Berthelsdorfer Strasse Freiberg Germany
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287 USA
von Ammon Consulting, Roth Germany

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Research Organization:: SolarWorld Americas, Inc., Hillsboro, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

DOE Contract Number:: EE0006806

OSTI ID:: 1537603

Journal Information:: Progress in Photovoltaics, Vol. 26, Issue 5; ISSN 1062-7995

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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