One-Dimensional Electro-Optical Simulations of Thin-Film Solar Cells

Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 501-527

  Pieters, Bart E ^a   Decock, Koen ^b   Burgelman, Marc ^b   Stangl, Rolf ^c   Kirchartz, Thomas ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphoteric trap level; Conduction band; Dangling bond states; Electron spin resonance (ESR); Quasi Fermi levels; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053614490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527636280.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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