Flexible protocrystalline silicon solar cells with amorphous buffer layer

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 9 A, 2006, Pages 6812-6822

  Ishikawa, Yasuaki ^a,b   Schubert, Markus B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Flexible cell; Low temperature; PET; Photovoltaics; Plastic; Protocrystalline silicon; Solar cell; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYSILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; THIN FILMS;

BUFFER LAYER; FLEXIBLE CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PROTOCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33749029639     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.6812     Document Type: Article

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