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Christophe Ballif, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Antoine Descoeudres, Gabriel Christmann, Bertrand Yves Paul Paviet-Salomon, Matthieu Despeisse, Stefaan De Wolf, Sylvain Nicolay, Loris Barraud, Jan Haschke, Johannes Peter Seif, Andrea Tomasi
For crystalline-silicon solar cells, voltages close to the theoretical limit are nowadays readily achievable when using passivating contacts. Conversely, maximal current generation requires the integration of the electron and hole contacts at the back of t ...
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