New generation transparent LPCVD ZnO electrodes for enhanced photocurrent in micromorph solar cells and modules

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-93

  Ding, Laura ^a   Boccard, Mathieu ^a   Bugnon, Grégory ^a   Benkhaira, Mustapha ^a   Despeisse, Matthieu ^a   Sculati Meillaud, Fanny ^a   Nicolay, Sylvain ^a   Losio, Paolo A ^b   Kluth, Oliver ^b   Carroy, Perrine ^b   Caglar, Onur ^b   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Oerlikon Solar Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bilayer; low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD); micromorph; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER FILMS; DOPED ZNO; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; INFRARED REGIONS; MICROMORPH; MICROMORPH SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOGENERATED CURRENT; POWER IMPROVEMENTS; SINGLE LAYER; SINGLE PROCESS; TANDEM MODULES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; ZNO; ZNO ELECTRODES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; THICK FILMS; VAPORS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84865187085     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2179415     Document Type: Article

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