A novel silicon photovoltaic cell using a low-temperature quasi-epitaxial silicon emitter

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 575-577

  Farrokh Baroughi, Mahdi ^a   Sivoththaman, Siva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD); Epitaxy; Silicon; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; QUASI-EPITAXIAL SILICON EMITTER;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 34447263063     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2007.897873     Document Type: Article

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