Silicon heterojunction solar cells: Optimization of emitter and contact properties from analytical calculation and numerical simulation

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 593-598

  Varache, R ^a,b   Kleider, J P ^a   Gueunier Farret, M E ^a   Korte, L ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Defects; Emitter; Heterojunction; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DEFECTS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; WORK FUNCTION;

A-SI:H; ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; BAND BENDINGS; CONTACT PROPERTIES; EMITTER; EMITTER LAYERS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELL OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84876357997     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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