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International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 794876, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/794876
Research Article

Effect of the Phosphorus Gettering on Si Heterojunction Solar Cells

Hyomin Park,1 Sung Ju Tark,1 Chan Seok Kim,1 Sungeun Park,1 Young Do Kim,1 Chang-Sik Son,2 Jeong Chul Lee,3 and Donghwan Kim1

1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
2Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Silla University, San1-1, Guebup-Dong, Sasang-gu, Busan 617-736, Republic of Korea
3KIER-UNIST Advanced Center for Energy, Korea Institute of Energy Research, UNIST-gil 50, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 689-798, Republic of Korea

Received 9 November 2011; Accepted 17 December 2011

Academic Editor: Junsin Yi

Copyright © 2012 Hyomin Park 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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