Solar cell research and development using the hot wire CVD process

Solar Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 931-938

  Mahan, A H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Deposition site; Hot wire CVD; Large area deposition; Microcrystalline silicon; Staebler Wronski Effect

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CELL FABRICATION; HOT WIRE;

SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 10044243693     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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