Present status and future prospects of silicon thin-film solar cells

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Konagai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); FULL-SPECTRUM; FUTURE PROSPECTS; PRESENT STATUS; PV POWER GENERATION; RECENT STATUS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROADMAP; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 79953125659     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.50.030001     Document Type: Review

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