Laser-crystallized microcrystalline SiGe alloys for thin film solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 427, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Eisele, C ^a   Berger, M ^a   Nerding, M ^b   Strunk, H P ^b   Nebel, C E ^a   Stutzmann, M ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser crystallization; Lateral grain growth; Optical absorption; SiGe thin films; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN GROWTH; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL TRANSITIONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037416760     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(02)01216-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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