Toward film-silicon solar cells on display glass

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 626-630

  Young, David L ^a   Alberi, Kirstin ^a   Teplin, Charles ^a   Martin, Ina ^a   Stradins, Paul ^a   Shub, Maxim ^a   Beall, Carolyn ^a   Iwaniczko, Eugene ^a   Guthrey, Harvey ^a   Romero, Manuel J ^a   Chuang, Ta Ko ^b   Mozdy, Eric ^b   Branz, Howard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Science and Technology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SILICON; DEFECT PASSIVATION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; H-PASSIVATION; HIGH QUALITY; HOT WIRE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; LAYER TRANSFER; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-DISLOCATION DENSITY; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; RAPID THERMAL ANNEAL; RECENT PROGRESS; RECOMBINATION CENTERS; SEED LAYER; SI FILMS; SI SEED; SI WAFER; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; TEMPLATE GROWTH; TEST CELL; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT; TRANSPORT PHYSICS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DISPLAY DEVICES; EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GLASS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78650088626     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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