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list of publications journal papers J. Schneider, J. Klein, M. Muske, S. Gall, and W. Fuhs, ’Depletion regions in the aluminum-induced layer exchange process crystallizing amorphous Si’, Applied Physics Letters, accepted. J. Schneider, R. Heimburger, J. Klein, M. Muske, S. Gall, and W. Fuhs, ’Aluminum- induced crystallization of amorphous silicon: influence of temperature profiles’, Thin Solid Films, article in press. J. Schneider, J. Klein, M. Muske, S. Gall, and W. Fuhs, ’Aluminum-induced crystal- lization of amorphous silicon: Preparation effect on growth kinetics’, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 338-340, (2004), 127. B. Rau, I. Sieber, J. Schneider, M. Muske, M. Stöger-Pollach, P. Schattschneider, S. Gall, and W. Fuhs, ’Low-temperature Si epitaxy on large-grained polycrystalline seed layers by electron-cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition’, J. Cryst. Growth 270, (2004), 396. J. Klein, J. Schneider, M. Muske, S. Gall, and W. Fuhs, ’Aluminium-induced crys- tallisation of amorphous silicon: influence of the aluminium layer on the process’, Thin Solid Films 451-452, (2004), 481. W. Fuhs, S. Gall, B. Rau, M. Schmidt, and J. Schneider, ’A novel route to a polycrys- talline silicon thin-film solar cell’, Solar Energy 77, (2004), 961.
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