Amorphous silicon alloy materials, cells, and modules

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1070-1075

  Guha, S ^a   Yang, J ^a  

^a United Solar Systems Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON ALLOY; AMORPHOUS-TO-MICROCRYSTALLINE TRANSITION; HIGH EFFICIENCY MULTI-JUNCTION MULTI-BANDGAP SOLAR CELLS; HYDROGEN DILUTION;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036948736     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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