12.0% efficiency on large-area, encapsulated, multijunction nc-Si:H-based solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-108

  Banerjee, Arindam ^a   Liu, Frank Shengzhong ^b   Beglau, Dave ^a   Su, Tining ^a   Pietka, Ginger ^a   Yang, Jeff ^a   Guha, Subhendu ^a  

^a UNITED SOLAR OVONIC LLC   (United States)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous; nanocrystalline; photovoltaic; silicon; solar cells; thin film

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; APERTURE-AREA EFFICIENCY; BACK REFLECTORS; ENCAPSULANTS; ENCAPSULATED CELL; GLOW DISCHARGE DEPOSITION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROGENATED NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON (NC-SI:H); LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; LONG WAVELENGTH; MULTIJUNCTION; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; NC-SI:H; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SILICON-GERMANIUM ALLOYS; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; GERMANIUM ALLOYS; HYDROGENATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84865186545     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2181823     Document Type: Article

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