Microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells with microcrystalline silicon carbide window layers and silicon absorber layers both prepared by Hot-Wire CVD

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 61-63

  Chen, Tao ^a,b   Huang, Yuelong ^b,c   Yang, Deren ^a   Carius, Reinhard ^b   Finger, Friedhelm ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Baoding Tianwei Group   (China)

Author keywords

CVD; Device characteristics; Optical coatings; Si; Silicon carbide; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; CRYSTALLINE VOLUME FRACTION; CVD; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; HOT WIRE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HOT WIRE CVD; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON THIN FILMS; OPTICAL MATCHING; SILICON ABSORBERS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; WINDOW LAYER;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; FILM PREPARATION; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; WIRE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77950902276     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.200903423     Document Type: Article

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