Highly stable amorphous silicon hydride

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Mills, Randell L ^a   Dhandapani, Bala ^a   He, Jiliang ^a  

^a BlackLight Power Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COATINGS; HYDROGEN; PASSIVATION; PERMITTIVITY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OXYGEN PASSIVATION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 0141681289     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(03)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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