Study of the effects of different fractions of large grains of μc-Si:H:F films on the infrared absorption on thin film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-20

  Moreno, M ^a,b   Boubekri, R ^a   Roca I Cabarrocas, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

PECVD; Plasma; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE FRACTIONS; CRYSTALLINITIES; GRAIN SIZE; IR ABSORPTION; LARGE-GRAIN; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON FILMS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; INFRARED ABSORPTION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS;

SILICON;

EID: 84857786537     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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