Lateral, high-quality, metal-catalyzed semiconductor growth on amorphous and lattice-mismatched substrates for photovoltaics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Quitoriano, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SUBSTRATE; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH QUALITY; LATERAL GROWTH; LATTICE-MISMATCHED SUBSTRATES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; REDUCED COST; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CATALYSIS; GERMANIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

EID: 77957677541     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3495799     Document Type: Article

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