High-efficiency crystalline Si thin film solar cells with Si nanopillar array textured surfaces

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1469-1473

  Li, Junshuai ^a   Wong, She Mein ^a   Li, Yali ^a   Yu, HongYu ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARRAY PERIODICITY; CELL CONFIGURATIONS; CELL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE SI; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL CALCULATIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LOW COSTS; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; NANOPILLAR; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SI FILMS; SI NANO-PILLAR ARRAY; TEXTURED SURFACE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78650079129     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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