Textured, doped, ZnO thin films produced by a new process for a-Si and CIGS solar cell application

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6651, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Guo, S Y ^a   Sahoo, L ^a   Sosale, G ^b   Delahoy, A E ^a  

^a Energy Photovoltaics Inc   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Light scattering; Solar cell; Textured film; Topographic parameters; Transparent conductive oxide (TCO); Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT SCATTERING; THIN FILM DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE;

TOPOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE (TCO);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 42149087302     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.736084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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