Performance of superstrate multijunction amorphous silicon-based solar cells using optical layers for current management

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 973-975

  Das, Chandan ^a   Doumit, Alain ^a   Finger, Friedhelm ^a   Gordijn, Aad ^a   Huepkes, Juergen ^a   Kirchhoff, Joachim ^a   Lambertz, Andreas ^a   Melle, Thomas ^a   Reetz, Wilfried ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Anti reflection layer; Index matching; Intermediate reflector layer; Multijunction

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER; C-SI SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE STRUCTURES; INDEX MATCHING; INITIAL EFFICIENCIES; INTERMEDIATE-REFLECTOR LAYER; MULTIJUNCTION; OPTICAL LAYERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MATCHING; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICON-BASED THIN FILMS; SUB-CELLS; SUPERSTRATE; THIN LAYERS;

CELL MEMBRANES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 67349128318     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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