Irreversible light-induced degradation and stabilization of hydrogenated polymorphous silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 208-212

  Kim, Ka Hyun ^a,b   Johnson, Erik V ^b   Roca I Cabarrocas, Pere ^b  

^a TOTAL   (France)

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

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Defect formation; Hydrogen; Light induced degradation; Nanocrystalline; PECVD

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; DEFECT FORMATION; DEVICE OPERATIONS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HYDROGEN MOTION; INITIAL STAGES; IRREVERSIBLE DEGRADATION; LIGHT SOAKING; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; NANOCRYSTALLINES; POLYMORPHOUS SILICON; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; STABILIZED EFFICIENCY; STAEBLER-WRONSKI EFFECT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84863432568     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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