Theoretical comparison of conventional and multilayer thin silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-54

  Stocks, M J ^a   Cuevas, A ^a   Blakers, A W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICON LAYER; DOPING DENSITIES; FILL FACTOR; JUNCTION RECOMBINATION; LIGHT TRAPPING; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TRAP ASSISTED TUNNELING;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; OPTIMIZATION; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THIN FILM DEVICES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0029734317     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199601/02)4:1<35::AID-PIP115>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Review

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