Surface passivation for germanium photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-45

  Posthuma, N E ^a   Flamand, G ^a   Geens, W ^b   Poortmans, J ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UMICORE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Bulk lifetime; Germanium; Photovoltaic cells; Surface passivation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; GERMANIUM; HYDROGEN; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTIMIZATION; PASSIVATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK LIFETIME; PRE-TREATMENTS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 18844434928     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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