Accelerated degradation in amorphous silicon solar cells by a combination of current injection and light insolation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-402

  Dasgupta, Arup ^a   Palit, Nandita ^a   Ray, Swati ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Current stress; Degradation; Light recovery; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BAND STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHTING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ACCELERATED DEGRADATION; BAND GAPS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CURRENT INJECTION; CURRENT STRESS; LIGHT INSOLATION; LIGHT RECOVERY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032201875     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(98)00116-0     Document Type: Article

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