Temperature dependence of protocrystalline silicon/microcrystalline silicon double-junction solar cells

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1496-1500

  Sriprapha, Kobsak ^a   Myong, Seung Yeop ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Konagai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Crystalline volume fraction; Double junction solar cells; Microcrystalline silicon; Protocrystalline silicon; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

BORON; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HYDROGENATION; HYDROGENOLYSIS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NONMETALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TITRATION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BOTTOM CELLS; CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; CRYSTALLINE VOLUME FRACTION; CRYSTALLINE VOLUME FRACTIONS; DOUBLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; GOOD STABILITIES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE; HYDROGENATED MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICONS; INDUCED DEGRADATIONS; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; PROTOCRYSTALLINE; PROTOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PROTOCRYSTALLINE SILICONS; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TOP CELLS; TROPICAL REGIONS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 49749091746     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.1496     Document Type: Article

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