ZnO transparent conductive oxide for thin film silicon solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7603, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Soderstrom T ^a   Domine D ^a   Feltrin, A ^a   Despeisse, M ^a   Meillaud, F ^a   Bugnon, G ^a   Boccard, M ^a   Cuony, P ^a   Haug, F J ^a   Fay S ^a   Nicolay, S ^a   Ballif, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Thin film silicon solar cells; Transparent conductive oxide; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BARRIER LAYERS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; KEYPOINTS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LONG TERM; MATERIAL USAGE; NON-TOXICITY; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY; STABILIZED EFFICIENCY; SUPERSTRATES; TANDEM CELLS; TEXTURED SURFACE; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; ZNO;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COST REDUCTION; DEPOSITION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77951711336     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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