Low cost high-efficiency amorphous silicon solar cells with improved light-soaking stability

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-282

  Huang, Jung Y ^a   Lin, Chien Y ^a   Shen, Chang Hong ^b   Shieh, Jia Min ^b   Dai, Bau Tong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Light soaking; Solar cell; Thin film photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

A-SI FILMS; AMORPHOUS SI; COMBINED EFFECT; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DEFECT LEVELS; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; EMISSION RATES; HOLE CARRIERS; ICP SYSTEMS; LIGHT SOAKING; LOW COSTS; LOW DEFECT DENSITIES; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSITION MOMENTS; TRAPPED ELECTRONS; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

CONDUCTION BANDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEEP LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY; DEFECT DENSITY; DEFECTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA STABILITY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84855311306     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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