Nanostructured thin films for multibandgap silicon triple junction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1129-1133

  Schropp, R E I ^a   Li, H ^a   Franken, R H J ^a   Rath, J K ^a   van der Werf, C H M ^a   Schuttauf J A ^a   Stolk, R L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Light scattering; Multijunction; Nanocrystalline silicon; Nanostructure; Solar cells; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; BACK REFLECTORS; HOT-WIRE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; I LAYERS; LIGHT-INDUCED DEFECTS; METALLIC SURFACES; MULTIJUNCTION; NANO-STRUCTURED THIN FILMS; NC-SI:H; PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; RMS ROUGHNESS; ROUGH SUBSTRATES; SILICON GERMANIUMS; SINGLE JUNCTIONS; STABLE EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE PARTICLES; TRIPLE JUNCTION CELLS; TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; TRIPLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; GERMANIUM; LIGHT SCATTERING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; REFLECTION; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; VAPORS;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 67349229250     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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