Amorphous silicon alloy photovoltaic research - present and future

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-150

  Guha, S ^a   Yang, J ^a   Banerjee, A ^a  

^a United Solar Systems Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHARGE TRANSFER; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

HYDROGEN DILUTION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0033875792     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(200001/02)8:1<141::AID-PIP305>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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