Accepted Manuscript Mechanical grooving effect on the gettering efficiency of crystalline silicon based solar cells Ahmed. Zarroug, Zied Ben Hamed, Lotfi. Derbali, Hatem. Ezzaouia PII: S0022-0248(17)30053-2 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.01.038 Reference: CRYS 24006 To appear in: Journal of Crystal Growth Received Date: 15 December 2016 Revised Date: 18 January 2017 Accepted Date: 20 January 2017 Please cite this article as: Ahmed. Zarroug, Z.B. Hamed, Lotfi. Derbali, Hatem. Ezzaouia, Mechanical grooving effect on the gettering efficiency of crystalline silicon based solar cells, Journal of Crystal Growth (2017), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.01.038 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.