Effect of buffer layer on minority carrier lifetime and series resistance of bifacial heterojunction silicon solar cells analyzed by impedance spectroscopy

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 514, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 254-257

  Garcia Belmonte, Germà ^a   García Cañadas, Jorge ^a   Mora Seró, Ivan ^a   Bisquert, Juan ^a   Voz, Cristóbal ^b   Puigdollers, Joaquim ^b   Alcubilla, Ramon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Carrier lifetime; Chemical vapor deposition; Impedance spectroscopy; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIFACIAL HETEROJUNCTION SILICON SOLAR CELL; BUFFER LAYER; CARRIER LIFETIME; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33745879812     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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