The effect of interface trap states on reduced base thickness a-Si/c-Si heterojunction solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1014-1017

  Chavali, Raghu Vamsi K ^a   Wilcox, John R ^a   Gray, Jeffery L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amorphous silicon; base thickness; carrier recombination; interface traps; modeling; silicon heterojunction

Indexed keywords

A-SI/C-SI HETEROJUNCTIONS; BASE THICKNESS; CARRIER LOSS; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; DOMINANT PROCESS; INTERFACE PASSIVATION; INTERFACE TRAP STATE; INTERFACE TRAPS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SHORT BASE; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SURFACE FIELD;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MODELS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 84869406784     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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