Fabrication and characterization of thin-film silicon solar cells on alumina ceramic

Dendritic silicon layers are prepared on alumina ceramic by melting and regrowing a CVD Si layer with a BSG encapsulation. Thin-film solar cells fabricated by successive deposition of p- and n
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-Si layers on this dendritic silicon exhibit a conversion efficiency of 2.6 percent under AM1 illumination.