Lifetime limiting recombination pathway in thin-film polycrystalline silicon on glass solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Wong, J ^a   Huang, J L ^a   Eggleston, B ^a   Green, M A ^a   Kunz, O ^b   Evans, R ^b   Keevers, M ^b   Egan, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Pacific Solar Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS TEMPERATURE; DEEP LEVEL; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON ON GLASS; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW BANDS; SHALLOW STATE; SILICON DISLOCATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON MOBILITY; POLYSILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 77954190154     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3429206     Document Type: Article

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