Silicon nanowire solar cells grown by PECVD

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 358, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2299-2302

  O'Donnell, Benedict ^a   Yu, Linwei ^a   Foldyna, Martin ^a   Roca I Cabarrocas, Pere ^a  

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

Author keywords

Nanowire; PECVD; Photovoltaics; Plasma; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; P-TYPE DOPING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC; SN-CATALYST; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; WINDOW LAYER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; TIN;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84864680313     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.11.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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