Research and developments in thin-film silicon photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7409, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Despeisse, M ^a   Ballifa, C ^a   Feltrin, A ^a   Meillauda, F ^a   Fay, S ^a   Haug, F J ^a   Domine D ^a   Python, M ^a   Soderstrom, T ^a   Buehlmann, P ^a   Bugnon , G ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Light trapping; Photovoltaics; Thin film silicon

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INTEGRATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH POTENTIAL; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL REACTORS; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MICROMORPH SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECENT PROGRESS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SILICON FILMS; STABILIZED EFFICIENCY; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SILICON; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 70449625395     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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