Nd3+:YAG laser assisted doping and simultaneous texturization of amorphous Si film for tandem photovoltaic cell

Guangxue Jingmi Gongcheng/Optics and Precision Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2263-2270

  Vasa, N J ^a   Palani, I A ^a,b   Singaperumal, ^a   Okada, ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser assisted doping; Nd3+:YAG ns laser; Photovoltaic cell; Sb; Texturing

Indexed keywords

A-SI FILMS; ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS; ABSORBANCE SPECTROSCOPY; AFM; AMORPHOUS SI FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON FILM; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; CRYSTALLINE PEAKS; DOPANT ACTIVATION; DOPANT DIFFUSION; HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT; LASER ASSISTED DOPING; LASER DIFFUSION; LASER FLUENCES; LASER SPOTS; LASER-ASSISTED; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SB-DOPED; SURFACE TEXTURES; TEXTURIZATION; THRESHOLD LASERS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; HALL EFFECT; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TEXTURES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 80053940153     PISSN: 1004924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20111909.2263     Document Type: Article

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