Field and laboratory studies of the stability of amorphous silicon solar cells and modules

Renewable Energy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 287-294

  Lund, C P ^a   Luczak, K ^a   Pryor, T ^a   Cornish, J C L ^a   Jennings, P J ^a   Knipe, P ^a   Ahjum, F ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CLIMATOLOGY; DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR ENERGY; STABILITY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON SOLAR CELLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; STAEBLER-WRONSKI EFFECT;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0035216499     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(00)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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