Obtaining a higher voc in HIT cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-488

  Taguchi, Mikio ^a   Terakawa, Akira ^a   Maruyama, Eiji ^a   Tanaka, Makoto ^a  

^a SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

A Si; C Si; Heterojunction; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PASSIVATION; THIN FILMS;

A-SI; C-SI; HETEROINTERFACES; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 25144449119     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.646     Document Type: Article

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