Advances in Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Technologies

Thin Film Solar Cells Fabrication, Characterization and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 133-171

  Vallat Sauvain, Evelyne ^a   Shah, Arvind ^a   Bailat, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

'micromorph' tandem concept; High pressure depletion regime (HPD); Microcrystalline silicon bottom cell and amorphous silicon top cell; Microcrystalline silicon solar cell advances; Microcrystalline silicon solar cells; Single junction microcrystalline silicon solar cells; Thin film silicon in building integrated photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BOTTOM CELLS; HIGH-PRESSURE DEPLETION; IN-BUILDINGS; MICROMORPH; SINGLE JUNCTION;

MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 42149153057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470091282.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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