Passivating Contact Properties based on SiOX/poly-Si Thin Film Deposition Process for High-efficiency TOPCon Solar Cells
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Kim, Sungheon
(Interdisciplinary Program in Photovoltaic System Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Taeyong (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Jeong, Sungjin (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Cha, Yewon (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Kim, Hongrae (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Park, Somin (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Ju, Minkyu (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Yi, Junsin (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) |
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