Additional coating effects on textured ZnO: Al thin films as transparent conducting oxides for thin-film Si solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-297

  Moon, Taeho ^a   Jun, Jin Hyung ^a   Lee, Hyun ^a   Yoon, Wonki ^a   Kim, Soohyun ^a   Lee, Byung Kee ^a   Lee, Hong Cheol ^a   Kim, Wooyoung ^a   Ahn, Seh Won ^a   Lee, Sungeun ^a   Lee, Heon Min ^a  

^a LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

thin film Si solar cell; transparent conductive oxide; variable illumination measurement; ZnO : Al thin film

Indexed keywords

AL FILMS; AL THIN FILMS; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; ETCHING PROCESS; FILL FACTOR; I-LAYER; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; REVERSE BIAS VOLTAGE; SI SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; VARIABLE ILLUMINATION; ZNO;

ALUMINUM; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

COATINGS;

EID: 84860003287     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1137     Document Type: Article

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