High-efficiency hydrogenated amorphous/crystalline Si heterojunction solar cells

Philosophical Magazine

Volumn 89, Issue 28-30, 2009, Pages 2587-2598

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A Si:H; Crystalline interface; Si; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; BACK CONTACT; BANDGAP MATERIALS; C-SI SOLAR CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE INTERFACES; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DIELECTRIC PASSIVATION; DOPED LAYERS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON; INTRINSIC LAYER; PASSIVATING LAYER; SI SOLAR CELLS; SI SURFACES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLAR ELECTRICITY;

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGENATION; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICA; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 76849106104     PISSN: 14786435     EISSN: 14786443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786430902919489     Document Type: Article

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