An early deposited lpcvd silicon nitride: Allowing the possibility of novel cell designs

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn B, Issue , 2003, Pages 1135-1138

  McCann, Michelle ^a   Weber, Klaus ^b   Blakers, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DESIGN; HIGH TEMPERATURE ANNEAL; INCIDENT LIGHT; OXIDE GROWTH;

ANNEALING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEN; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PASSIVATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 6444223144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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