Room temperature photoluminescence studies of a-Si:H/c-Si heterodiodes in open circuit, short circuit, and maximum power point operation

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1278-1281

  Bauer, G H ^a   Bruggemann R ^a   Al Mohtad, I A S ^a   Tardon, S ^a   Unold, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FERMI LEVEL; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICA; SILICON WAFERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

HETERODIODES; OPEN CIRCUIT; PHOTON FLUXES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 0036948974     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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