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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 965418, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/965418
Research Article
Series Resistance Analysis of Passivated Emitter Rear Contact Cells Patterned Using Inkjet Printing
1Electrical Engineering Department, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
2Energy Australia, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia
Received 1 March 2012; Revised 4 August 2012; Accepted 22 August 2012
Academic Editor: Fengqiang Sun
Copyright © 2012 Martha A. T. Lenio et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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