Sol-gel derived hydrogen annealed ZnO:Al films for silicon solar cell application

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-60

  Khan, Firoz ^a   Vandana, ^a   Singh, S N ^a   Husain, M ^b   Singh, P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antireflection coating; Minority carrier lifetime; Surface passivation; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AIR SHOWS; ANTI-REFLECTION; AR COATINGS; ATOMIC HYDROGEN; AZO FILMS; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; FRONT SURFACES; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; INDUCED DEFECTS; INITIAL VALUES; MAXIMAL VALUES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DECAY; SILICON SURFACES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WAVELENGTH RANGES; ZNO:AL FILMS;

ANNEALING; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CARRIER LIFETIME; COATINGS; HYDROGEN; OPTICAL FILMS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE DEFECTS; ZINC OXIDE;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84857793377     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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