Liquid phase crystallization has emerged as a novel approach to grow large grained
polycrystalline silicon films on glass with high electronic quality. In recent years a lot of effort …

Thin-film polycrystalline silicon (pc-Si) solar cell technology tries to combine the cost benefit
of thin-film technology and the quality potential of crystalline Si technology. For this type of …

ABSTRACT Crystalline Si (c‐Si) technology is dominating the photovoltaics market. These
modules are nonetheless still relatively expensive, in particular because of the costly silicon …

This book provides the first comprehensive and in-depth overview of the current
fundamental understanding of metal-induced crystallization and further elucidates how to …

Solar photovoltaics (PV) has the potential to take center stage in global energy in the future.
Today, crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV technology dominates the global PV market, with a share …

Solar modules made from thin-film crystalline-silicon layers of high quality on glass
substrates could lower the price of photovoltaic electricity substantially. One way to create …

Poly-crystalline Si film is an important material for its applications in microelectronics and
solar cells. In order to realize poly-crystalline Si for practical application with high …

A silicon thin-film technology could lead to less expensive modules by the use of less silicon
material and by the implementation of monolithic module processes. A technology based on …

The microstructural properties of polycrystalline silicon films obtained by either solid-phase
crystallisation (SPC) or laser-induced liquid-phase crystallisation (LPC) were investigated by …

We examine the influence of intragrain defects and grain boundaries on the macroscopic
performance of a thin film polycrystalline silicon solar cell. In addition, we evaluate the effect …