Depletion region recombination in silicon thin-film multilayer solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-380

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLETION REGION RECOMBINATION; GLASS SUPERSTRATES; JUNCTION RECOMBINATION; PARALLEL MULTIJUNCTION APPROACH; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN INTRINSIC REGIONS;

DEPOSITION; MULTILAYERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030235812     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-159x(199609/10)4:5<375::aid-pip146>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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