Effect of the pn junction engineering on Si microwire-array solar cells

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1588-1591

  Dalmau Mallorqui A ^a   Epple, F M ^a   Fan, D ^a   Demichel, O ^a   Fontcuberta I Morral, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

depletion width; diffusion profile; microwire solar cells; p n junction; recombination

Indexed keywords

DEPLETION WIDTH; DIFFUSION PROFILES; MICROWIRE; P-N JUNCTION; RECOMBINATION;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84864967391     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201228165     Document Type: Article

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