Examples of Completed and Ongoing Projects: I Mechanical Properties of Mono- and Multi-crystalline Silicon: Correlation with Impurities and Defects Gettering and Passivation of Defects in Low-Cost c-Si Materials Microscopic Studies of Recombination Centers, Passivation, and Hydrogenation Analysis of the Stress State in Thin Silicon Wafers Due to Handling Fundamental Understanding of a Boron Emitter and Back Surface Field Influence of Local Residual Stresses on Mechanical Properties and Crack Initiation/Propagation of Silicon PV Wafers Impact of Light Element Impurities (O, C, N) on the Structure and Electrical Behavior of Photovoltaic Crystalline Silicon
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