Silicon solar cells with antireflecting and protective coatings based on diamond-like carbon and silicon carbide films

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 406-409

  Klyui, N I ^a   Litovchenko, V G ^a   Kostylyov, V P ^a   Rozhin, A G ^a   Gorbulik, V I ^a   Voronkin, M A ^b   Zaika, N I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b BAKUL INSTITUTE FOR SUPERHARD MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Antireflection; DLC film; Silicon carbide film; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001536023     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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