Influence of alloy composition on carrier transport and solar cell properties of hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon-germanium thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Matsui, Takuya ^a   Kondo, Michio ^a   Ogata, Keisuke ^b   Ozawa, Tsuyoshi ^b   Isomura, Masao ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOCARRIER RECOMBINATION; REVERSE BIASED CONDITION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITIES;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HALL EFFECT; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33749579500     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2358318     Document Type: Article

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