Improving the performance of amorphous and crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells by monitoring surface passivation

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 358, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2245-2248

  Schuttauf J W A ^a   Van Der Werf, C H M ^a   Kielen, I M ^a   Van Sark, W G J H M ^a   Rath, J K ^a   Schropp, R E I ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doping; Heterojunction; Silicon; Solar cell; Surface passivation

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SURFACES; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DOPED FILMS; INJECTION LEVELS; LAYER STACKS; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; P-TYPE; PASSIVATING PROPERTIES; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DETERIORATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84865785804     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.12.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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