Throughput optimized a-Si/μc-Si tandem solar cells on sputter-etched ZnO substrates

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 363-369

  Klein, Stefan ^a   Rohde, Martin ^a   Buschbaum, Susanne ^a   Severin, Daniel ^a  

^a Applied Materials GmbHandCo KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Deposition rates; Microcrystalline silicon; PECVD; Stabilized efficiencies; Tandem cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; APPLIED MATERIALS; BOTTOM CELLS; DEPOSITION TIME; ECONOMIC SUCCESS; KEY OBJECTIVE; MODULE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTION LINE; SILICON LAYER; STABILIZED EFFICIENCY; TANDEM CELLS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM MODULES; TOTAL-AREA EFFICIENCY; ZNO SUBSTRATE;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; EFFICIENCY; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; ZINC OXIDE;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84855301224     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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