{"id":10329,"date":"2018-01-23T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v4.pv-tech.org\/technical-papers\/asgrown-bulk-lifetime-increasingly-relevant-for-silicon-solar-cell-performance\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:42:46","slug":"asgrown-bulk-lifetime-increasingly-relevant-for-silicon-solar-cell-performance","status":"publish","type":"technical-papers","link":"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/technical-papers\/asgrown-bulk-lifetime-increasingly-relevant-for-silicon-solar-cell-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"As&#45;grown bulk lifetime: Increasingly relevant for silicon solar cell performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bernhard Mitchell, University of New South Wales; Daniel Chung, is a Ph.D. student at the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics at UNSW Australia; Zhen Xiong, is the chief engineer of ingot and wafer technology at Trina Solar; Pietro P. 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