Improvement of solar cells performance by boron doped amorphous silicon carbide/nanocrystalline silicon hybrid window layers

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-14

  Ma, Jun ^a   Ni, Jian ^a   Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Huang, Zhenhua ^a   Hou, Guofu ^a   Chen, Xinliang ^a   Zhang, Xiaodan ^a   Geng, Xinhua ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Hybrid window layer; Open circuit voltage; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

DOPING CONCENTRATION; DOUBLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HYBRID WINDOW; HYDROGEN DILUTION; NANO-SIZED SILICON; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; METHANE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON;

EID: 84875408897     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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