Substrate dependent stability and interplay between optical and electrical properties in μc-Si:H single junction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-198

  Boccard, M ^a   Cuony, P ^a   Despeisse, M ^a   Domin, D ^a   Feltrin, A ^a   Wyrsch, N ^a   Ballif, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microcrystalline silicon; Solar cell; Substrate morphology

Indexed keywords

CELL CURRENT; CURRENT OUTPUT; DEPENDENT STABILITY; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HIGH CURRENTS; INTRINSIC LAYER; LIGHT SOAKING; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ROUGH SUBSTRATES; SATURATION CURRENT; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SMOOTH SUBSTRATES; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY PLASMA; ZNO;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 78149357958     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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