Thin film silicon solar cells by AIC on foreign substrates

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Prathap, P ^a   Tuzun, O ^a   Madi, D ^a   Slaoui, A ^a  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminium induced crystallisation; Foreign substrates; Thin film silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ABSORBER LAYERS; ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; AS-GROWN; AS-GROWN FILMS; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CRYSTALLISATION; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE PLASMA; FABRICATION OF THIN FILMS; FOREIGN SUBSTRATES; HETEROJUNCTION CELLS; HOMOJUNCTION; HYDROGEN CONTENTS; HYDROGENATION TEMPERATURE; LIMITING FACTORS; METALLIC FOILS; P-TYPE; PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION; PHOSPHORUS-DOPED; POLY-SI FILMS; PRECURSOR FILMS; RAMAN PEAK; SEED LAYER; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLID PHASE EPITAXY; THERMAL-ANNEALING; THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; VAPOUR PHASE EPITAXY;

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FABRICATION; FERRITE; FERRITIC STEEL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 79953819473     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.11.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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