Optimizing emitter-buffer layer stack thickness for p-type silicon heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Deniz Eygi, Zeynep ^a,b   Das, Ujjwal ^a   Hegedus, Steven ^a   Birkmire, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS LAYER; DOPING CONCENTRATION; GAS PHASE DOPING CONCENTRATION; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION; JUNCTION POTENTIAL; LAYER STACKS; P-TYPE SILICON; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84874844476     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4792510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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