Thin-film a-Si/c-Si1-xGex/c-Si heterojunction solar cells: Design and material quality requirements

ECS Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Hadi, Sabina Abdul ^a   Hashemi, Pouya ^b   Nayfeh, Ammar ^a   Hoyt, Judy L ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

A-SI:H; GE CONCENTRATIONS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIT CELLS; JUNCTION LAYERS; MATERIAL QUALITY; SI1-XGEX;

SI-GE ALLOYS;

EID: 84857293732     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3628603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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