Application of plasma deposited nanocomposite silicon suboxides and microcrystalline silicon alloys to heterojunction solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002378-002382

  Mueller, Thomas ^a   Schwertheim, Stefan ^a   Meusinger, Katrina ^a   Wdowiak, Boguslaw ^a   Klimkeit, Ruediger ^a   Fahrner, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ABSORPTION LOSS; BLUE LIGHT; BULK MATERIALS; CELL PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; FLAT SUBSTRATES; HETERO INTERFACES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH QUALITY SURFACE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTIMIZED PROCESS; POLISHED SUBSTRATES; SI LAYER; SILICON SUBOXIDES; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; TEXTURED SUBSTRATES; WIDE GAP;

ABSORPTION; CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 77951540256     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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