Enhancement of polycrystalline silicon solar cells using ultrathin films of silicon nanoparticle

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Stupca, M ^a   Alsalhi, M ^a,b   Al Saud, T ^a,c   Almuhanna, A ^a,c   Nayfeh, M H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYSILICON; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; POWER PERFORMANCE; SILICON NANOPARTICLE; VOLTAGE ENHANCEMENTS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34547829300     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2766958     Document Type: Article

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