Diamond-like carbon coatings as encapsulants for photovoltaic solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1339-1342

  Pern, F J ^a   Panosyan, Zh ^b   Gippius, A A ^c   Kontsevoy, J A ^d   Touryan, K ^a   Voskanyan, S ^b   Yengibaryan, Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Pulsar Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTECTIVE ENCAPSULATION; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY;

ADHESION; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS;

COATINGS;

EID: 27944450468     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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