Comparison of hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium and nanocrystalline silicon for multijunction solar cells - Pros, cons, and status

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1359-1364

  Yang, Jeffrey ^a   Yan, Baojie ^a   Yue, Guozhen ^a   Guha, Subhendu ^a  

^a UNITED SOLAR OVONIC LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

CELL EFFICIENCY; MULTIJUNCTION STRUCTURE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 27944498693     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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