Effect of the i-layer optical gap on the light-induced degradation of a-SiGe solar cells

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 5612-5617

  Terakawa, Akira ^a   Isomura, Masao ^a   Tsuda, Shinya ^a  

^a SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

a SiGe; Optical gap; Plasma CVD; Solar cell; Stability

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON GERMANIUM; OPTICAL GAP; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSTABILITY;

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; HYDROGEN BONDS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; STABILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030286175     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.35.5612     Document Type: Article

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