New progress in the fabrication of n-i-p micromorph solar cells for opaque substrates

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-155

  Biron, Rémi ^a   Hänni, Simon ^a   Boccard, Mathieu ^a   Pahud, Céline ^a   Söderström, Karin ^a   Duchamp, Martial ^b   Dunin Borkowski, Rafal ^b   Bugnon, Grégory ^a   Ding, Laura ^a   Nicolay, Sylvain ^a   Parascandolo, Gaetano ^a   Meillaud, Fanny ^a   Despeisse, Matthieu ^a   Haug, Franz Josef ^a   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back reflector; Intermediate reflector; Light trapping; Micromorph; Thin film silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

BACK REFLECTORS; INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MICROMORPH; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE FILMS; REFLECTION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84876143779     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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