Improvement in silicon thin film solar cell efficiency

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-289

  Kolodziej A ^a   Krewniak, P ^a   Nowak, S ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a Si:H); Microcrystalline silicon; RF PECVD; Silicon thin film solar cells; Single ; Tandem and triple junction solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILANES; STAINLESS STEEL; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

LAYER DEPOSITION; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING (RMS); WAVELENGTH ABSORPTION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 1642536595     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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