Oxygen modified diamond-like carbon as window layer for amorphous silicon solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 220-230

  Dwivedi, Neeraj ^a,b   Kumar, Sushil ^a   Singh, Sukhbir ^a   Malik, Hitendra K ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

A Si:H; DLC; Hardness; Optoelectronic property; P Layer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; DLC; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; P-LAYER; SIMULATION;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; HARDNESS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CARBON; DESIGN METHOD; DIAMOND; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FILM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PLASMA; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84855186719     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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