Improved photoresponsivity of semiconducting BaSi 2 epitaxial films grown on a tunnel junction for thin-film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Du, Weijie ^a   Suzuno, Mitsushi ^a   Khan, M Ajmal ^a   Toh, Katsuaki ^a   Baba, Masakazu ^a   Nakamura, Kotaro ^a   Toko, Kaoru ^a   Usami, Noritaka ^b,c   Suemasu, Takashi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE-SI; SI (1 1 1); SOLID PHASE EPITAXY; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; POLYSILICON;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84859794946     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3703585     Document Type: Article

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