High efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cell using novel structure

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 683-688

  Mueller, T ^a,b   Schwertheiml, S ^a   Muellerl, N ^a,b   Meusinger, K ^a   Wdowiakl, B ^a   Grewel, O ^a   Fahrner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERO INTERFACES; HETEROJUNCTION EMITTERS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; NOVEL STRUCTURES; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; WIDE GAP;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 78650130006     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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