Relation between the open-circuit voltage and the band gap of absorber and buffer layers in a-Si:H solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 516, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6873-6876

  Vet, B ^a   Zeman, M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a Si:H); Open circuit voltage; Simulation; Thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

BAND GAPS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE (OCV);

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 45849140871     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.050     Document Type: Article

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