Dislocation density reduction in multicrystalline silicon
Year
2010
Project team
Tonio Buonassisi with Sergio Castellanos, Alexandria Fecych, Douglas Powell, and Michelle Vogl
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Eliminating defects in solar cell materials
This project aims to demonstrate a scalable method to eliminate bulk defects in commercial solar cell materials (including silicon blocks or wafers), targeting a 20+% relative improvement in performance at marginal cost.