Light-enhanced surface passivation of TiO 2-coated silicon

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-349

  Thomson, Andrew F ^a   McIntosh, Keith R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

boron diffusion; n type; passivation; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

BORON DIFFUSIONS; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; EMITTER SATURATION CURRENT DENSITY; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; LOW TEMPERATURES; N TYPE SILICON; N-TYPE; NEGATIVE CHARGE; PHOTOREACTIONS; SILICON SURFACES; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; TIO;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BORON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDES; PASSIVATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84859991892     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1132     Document Type: Article

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