Role of a-Si:H bulk in surface passivation of c-Si wafers

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 172-174

  Illiberi, A ^a   Sharma, K ^a   Creatore, M ^a   Van de Sanden, M C M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrier recombination; Hydrogen; Passivation; Silicon; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; HYDROGEN PASSIVATION; HYDROGEN RESERVOIRS; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); INJECTION LEVELS; REAR SIDE; SI WAFER; SURFACE PASSIVATION; THERMAL STABILITY;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; HYDROGEN; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 77954771958     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201004139     Document Type: Article

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