Silicon thin film solar cells on commercial tiles

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4620-4632

  Águas, Hugo ^a   Ram, Sanjay K ^a   Araújo, Andreia ^a   Gaspar, Diana ^a   Vicente, António ^a   Filonovich, Sergej A ^a   Fortunato, Elvira ^a   Martins, Rodrigo ^a   Ferreira, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; CELL EFFICIENCY; CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ENERGY GENERATIONS; GLAZED SURFACES; HOMOGENEOUS THIN FILM; IN-BUILDINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED SILICON; PASSIVATION LAYER; POROUS NATURE; RED CLAY; SILICON THIN FILM; SINGLE JUNCTION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; WALL TILES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

CERAMICS; FUEL CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RED SOIL; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 80055063571     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee02303a     Document Type: Article

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