21.5% Efficient thin silicon solar cell

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-58

  Wang, A ^a   Zhao, J ^a   Wenham, S R ^a   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTIMAL POLARITY; PROCESSING MODIFICATION; SILICON MEMBRANE; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TRAP LIGHT;

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OXIDATION; PASSIVATION; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; THIN FILM DEVICES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0029755871     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199601/02)4:1<55::AID-PIP111>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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